New-York tribune., 1868-08-11
AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS THROUGHOUT
? ENGLAND.
From The Daily EsSs, JnlJ %.


1t is pleasant TO be assured, on the authority
OF an old proycrb that "drouh bred dearth in
England" but II yet peasanter 70 know that history
and the experience OF the present combine 10 show
the old prOyerb to be true In this last week OF July the
harvest is already far advanced all over England, and
tho fears OF deafh are every where proving to be ground
less Yet such fears the natural suggestion OF an
exceptional season The wheat plant stands the ordinary
moisture Of climate admirably and apt TO for:
get that II stands equally well tho parcng summers OF
other lands. Engsh iarmcrs are useu 20 tLe ssnt oi
green crops growing side by side with the rpenng corn
and the English people are accustomed 10 sec green
meadows alternating WITH Tue yellow .haI!est neIus,
and giving its aspect Of unequalcu Huitiulheas 10
the English landscape. a contrary experience pro-
duces therefore contrary lmpresson mneh the M Iur,P R
ponds and streams dry aud the whole landscape puts
russet brown IN the most fruitful period OF the year.
IL Is impossible 10 avoid the fear OF scarcity But the
exceptional summer OF the present year Is nothing aDAo
lutey IN England, aud Is only the temporary
assimilation OF our nsular climate 70 lha oI
countries Our green Summer meadows are the wonder
Of the world but they are the natura products OF arp
ping sky. Foreign PlhOIs arc aston al soIe
that corn rpens at all under such clouds as bde e sun
from and there Is reason for Their WOhdeI-IoI u is
always wet cold and drOuth and heat, which
spoil our English haryests, and breed dearth IN
tho corn could not ripen, but the meadows were
green and there dearth under the appearances
which the corn has rpened fast, but the mea-
dows are brown and There Is plenty Tor man tn3lgh m
pastures the farmer asks for rains III summer Dut IOr ms
Autumn wheat he feels but small anxiety IN the
dryest seasons Even this year IL IL the SpngsOYn corn
which has suffered and IN the wheat is only the straw
which greatly doeient the force OF the plant has been
the and the grain Is small and hard
but the -four is the finest Of the wheat In fact south
Summer has made an occasional excursion 10 our
Northern island 10 bring scarcity with H. but to bring
harvest amid southern conditions TO dry our landscapes
10 Southern hue, aud TO give us wheat like that which
only comes 10 US from Southern lands. Summer chilled
by Northern icebergs expose the wheat To conditions
which II cannot flourish and may thus make harvest
scaDty; glimpse OF the Southern sun Is not unWel
cOme'to plant which loves the temperate zone and
1ourisIes deeprooed security almost independent OF
the weather. fur the stan OF lie Is concerned,
therefore, drouth never bred dearth In England"
But there far better test Of tho harvest Than tho
OF the Holds the grumbngs OF the farmers
The fluctuations OF Marx lane show the alterations IN our
prospects of food more surely than the rise ana M OF tue
barometer indicate the chances 0i rain During lhs sea
son. Marklane has been unusually agltaed Prlees dur
ing May reached the maximum Of some years past.
gradual rise through four years reached It's culmlnaon
and glorious crops sent prices down considerably But
that was a distant view Of tho harvest and even on
Marklane distance sometimes lends enehanthent 10 te
view As the time went Oh, aud the farmers began To
cry out for rain, and there rumors OF deficient
crop. and Of premature rpenng la the drOIl ana neat
the market recovered rs tone and prices began gad
ally 10 creep up again I'll they had nearly Reached their
former level But all these variations arose ir0m
lane Is always very ready TO sympathlLe WIN ne goony
antlePatloes OF tho II ana % 70 he betep
than II had spoculaed upon hut there soetlg pet
ter to Judge by now taan me Sors s,s ,ea
the fields and though ths farmers are TOO busy Win all
their crops pened Ut once tosend much corn 70 inc mar
ket the new wheat has already made Its appearance
there and has produced another panic spoken OF
nsgniheenty npened ss remarkably heayES9 lbs 70
66 lbs the bushelThard dry and with but ltte Drai
everything that the miller the baker and the housewife
can desire Nor there be any TO beleye that
amy aSysss sssAS susy dsSe''u sudden fall 81 from
shinEs quarter IN the week ending last saSS Monday
redScinS the price Of wheat nearly twenty shilJtngs
from highest point In the Spring has not rstea RON
pensai Sssvs:t II England and Of Kood TaDca1 siss