, 1869-10-06
THE ENGLISH HARVEsT Is.
EffCcta OF tho Rain on the Whem
OF Great lErtt ttatm-EskaIn Mted Qunu
ttty nDd Quality OF the Crop.

Effects Of tho Rain on the Wheat
OF Great nted Qunn.
ttty nnd Quality OF the Crop.
Fre,a tie SsturSdy Rf11e1e. ..
The Immense importance to all classes Of the
community Of accurate and early Information As
10 th~ rfoducc Of the wheat harvest Induced "a
month ago 10 pat before Our readeEr. II period
NC could ii that tinc form Of tne resnl1s ot the
wheat harvest then being gathered. That opln-
sa e.. "sss Id sGe sn1 or g sn1
md ,ae1e j. 10 dones maj, the r.in I'D
f it. 'Ad e eeq' oea gea y aay' o1s hi g
h1e. 7hs nns veasher. nos-rcr. sisived 4 tae
most psIt put anoeT cover cotapaFaiivelv dlI and
IN good o7s1er, hut atiu not nearly 20 dry a. ia
really doe eeasont; aud It T. thoogns tnAs, when
home grown wheat will rrqukea large proportion
of DIT foreign wheat 70 MAKE 1t d. to grind, and 10
ca to p1oaoee nSaF eeas ts oir
thai. when baked, msfes small leaves Of close
tlcn and that Eyea less bread from cefts1u quan
tty Of nonr than wnen the nour % 'stEoug shas t.
rsch tn gluten - also reponed that The Taeat
er II ue from Srea:er tnlckaesa Of at1n, or that,
IRON imperfect drying, the nour sdheres more
tnR the points together skilled persons assert
that not ,csa than Eve per cent ofe ws!Rnt OF the
wheat Of the 1s69 crop than Of that Of 1858 must
be used 10 produce GireuTeight Of bread: aud
nve pcr cent on the consumption OF tue country
10 A. urHrsy possible million QuArtetx, 70 shat,
t1t1.g a. 4 SEEMS, this aeseae0e, u aHN.t. MtN
millions and hah sterling, or t~tee and hair
~ much on wheat aloce As the dutJ renn1ed
Of corn, II th1I ethn3te be correct But the
Efrat question Is ~ 10 the yic;d Of the crap iu
cuanllty, and re ha.c 1rason to congratulate our
ks1yes that, 70 fas IL the facts baEe heea 1scer
tsned, they confirm the early estimate which we
| venturrd to put forth II L. ho~eTer. even nor
ep, ss te 81 q.
crop yes5 vartanle Thai Rot only IA disi11c:s
perfect, tasluHaI orc from anoshe1, but esen IN
,hc .anc seed, cultivated II al rrs,eca IN tae
kane way, one psts Is found 70 ste.d Admiralty.
nhtie IN another part the crop d o1pletc ia.t-
asslsn sna 11asens 'or Of for ia
urt Is m: the ;n saass ., 1afse - d1asi. aasi.
81 ns ,p + se .as 81 .as seS
she aspect, have al beea tuFses'ea n ram = e..
.o.ns:on q ns ?. problem aI 10 @aes uae 1 Mn,
! ever have beeo some differences in the tune o.
rare sncc,ed he plants il forxaEd staee, wnlle
| those more hackKAM may hare escaped. b1t
hoKeSer tbs may be there can BE- no doubt That It
irregular crop or wheat And il. Is also rs2at 70 "a,
.a.t1ne talcst accounts ass pese.pa lsss
I than the carrier QoeA N 1llc nj AoEM fepO4t
| an average Of "A b1shels ptr ac1e o1 his ta1 Z
| 1sef~ are nu!t!tnde1 ho s1y that their thfesn
| inEA have yielded Ieas even than t~euty bushels
| pef acYr, and some ny tns& theJ have not tel
bukhelA The loudest complaints perhaps, com
from the great coEn-GrpktnX colntcs. Lincoln
| .ht1e, SoItold and S1nolE Nj. a<et, o
Rolbamp5ttal, whose experimental telts haE
been found to represent, in most teA-s, tne Ksu
| eral crop Of the country, kaJt: The peeatla
ieartre Of thc 1859 crop Il the re1A1saote coniras
whieu Is to be seen In crops Ero ring side BY sift
md 10 all appearance cultivated alike. So 2
ntlds present i magnificent Appca1ance, VT
| height nf ktrAw aud bulk OF ptoouce rarely s1l
parsed, While otners arc thin and root-faiet
| Tcese circumstances unakc It rzthes d!fncult
! atr,ve Al 4 dennIte figure which Eral most neArs
yepreeent the crop Of tue counsIJ.n He AVA 10
ronclu'lop, iron the consideration Of al hl* q
! rcr1mentat threst!ngx, that "the wheat crop Q
50 Ia slightly beiow the 1sef2ge ID quality, IN
that viii Be nko decteut to quantity a est
| ~ the weight per ftushel" lie desctipcs AL n
wheat c1pJN. towtyet. ns standing up as tbs mn
| OF cutting. knd therefore be docs not get Into b.
| Accnunt the iatd or root tsilcu crops. which hAr
tstrJxhez turned ous 70 he the 9orst. We cot
+,a+r hlt estimate TOO 1asog7b4e. Mr.. La.es .:
J pcars to think thtt TIE scrcaEe uudt
~hcst II fesa than LAST year: olhtr antnoT
tles think the acseaRr MAY be Al least rqaat. u
he hot greater. thsn last 3eax. 1t tn an tmport
| eolni. and one that ought TO hare been settle
Gsl the pubic by snlA I:rna The returns tos 1t,