, 1869-06-23
THE ENGLISH HARYESTS.
Position OF the Wheat Trade md
Estimate Of the Approaching Unr-
ye8ts
Tu~n

MARK-LANB, Junc3
II Tie Editor u Tie London Times:
SIZE: Two events during the month OF May have
trade. An overcast SKY over the Catted King
dom has stimulated vaiue on the.u1e side, while
ID important rise IL the bank rate, coupled With
political antmstioa On Tho American question,
strictel business, 30 that the pFica Of wheat At
the beginning Of June, 45a ed per gunster Is only
= g. ;ns II
com. now allowed BY Parliament, Is one
Of thosa boons 70 tue PUBLIC e ;, which
pleasantly, since it has In no va, whatever dIs-
arranged trade, beyond keeping back Email nnu-
her Of g1a1alnden vessels for a few days. BY CON-
|sln HI the % otaT
d,nsrent that but little notice Is taken Last year,
ffnm the autumn, very hsTh ranse Of Prices, f5s.
ments q large total, drawn Hon small stocIa IA
an parts Of the world, Wills this autumn ant vim
ter, value LIS TO Gos, and latelj S1a to sos, has
not been atrong enongh to a:tIa;s even nncn 11sa
are now, doubtless. still large, n nearly all ex-
porting countries, and this foct fEly lndo15es the
view taken after last harvest tha: wheat At 4oa
Per quarter would be nearly eG1a 10 gold as secu-
rtty for capital" Both foreign aah home merchants
appear agreed on this point. We have now, how
ever, azriVeA u 2 Perod Of tne season Wnen nc
near prospects Of harvest. Hitherto this question
has been Nfmost a9 unsettled as the weather, but
it can hardly remain 80 longer. Ihe amount OF
United States, California, Russia and the GeEmAn-
Hungarian districts should rot send freely Of the
large stocks they undoubtedly bold, the conae-
,qUeuces can only be tri1inX, q no member Of the
corn tFade doubts but that supplies Will be 6nfd-
Client: for, although os1r own wheat-rcs5 ale very
few IN number tthtnuGhout the country ! have
visfted}, farmers supplies Jet come forward aatts
fsetory at the present ruling low prices the week
" sales lately being la1ge1 tna1 they hare been
slnce 1861 ls, therefore, harvest prospects, as
Influenced b the weather that arc now the par
amount confederation. Very much sttess has been
laid npon the "coit wet May y Just passed. the
felt In all our cnn-e1changes, and IN Marx
lane, especially, where the wet comes through the
roof IN dozen pisces. the influence Is quite SUM-
the country has not In reality been so untavof.bIe
to the czops Is supposed, beyoull putting hacg the
harvest TO an average period. The rainfall, as reg
tste1td At seyen stations. NaiE3, Yarmouth, Scat
tchosen tor their dttrerences}, amounts to onl,
three Inches, the average being about TWO and
quarter tnchea Then, as to cold, ind my oyn
register Of frosty nights only gives three and foul
temperature has ranged only from forty to dftJ
degrees, and has, therefore, wanted the usua
enough to do any material Injury to vegetable
pared me to md tho crops haye seen, non
: triangular survey IN Kent Through East Kent
across Mid kent aud back through
,E'tsst,.ja Meas jhenn IN Y = Condition that I ma
this week walked through fields
hare known for thirty Jears, AMI, admitting thu
little yellow and patchy, found the hestWnea
eeod sTssse. osa many deds IDS srs sis = lsTsi @
0alis5 S iesst Il ii satisfactory, requiring Inn N