New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-20
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
THE ENGLISH HARVEST.

THAN ANTICIPATED.
IRON OUR own CORRESPONDENCE
LONDON, Aug. 25.-It is too soon to say posi-
lively how large the wheat crop of England Is Opinions
OF rood differ and there varying reports
from different localities The state Of the market Ia not
n sufficient indication to English crops, because II Is
so largely Influenced by foreign crops but If one were to
Judge from stagnation and low prices that rule IN
Mark.lanc the crops ought to be large WarM. fine
weather has at any rate persuaded English dealers that
the Weld somewhere near the average, and so
everybody waits for the incoming harvest
Meantime Mr.. II. Kains jackson, who Is authority,
has published AT some length his views the state Of
the market and the probable production OF English
fields The amount Of business for the past month, says
Mr. Jackson, has been reduced to the nsgnifcance
which accompanies indecision and mistrust for the
future supplies hand are large. Imports for the
last week July and the first three In August amounted
to 1857 zoo bushels and it Is estimated that SS2 wheat
vessels are arrive against 36 last year. Nevertheless
English wheat has declined but slightly Foreign wheat
Is about six cents bushel lower In French markets,
on the other hand prices Ia cents to Is cents bushel
higher than In England. the French crop Of wheat
being sure TO be deficient, though barley, oats and
rye premise well. Mr.. Jackson gives numer-
GUS quotations Of present prices which 1 need
not reproduce as the cable takes to anticipate Sill
.nch information Not only the fine weather and the
expectation Of good crops Of wheat have kept down the
price Of wheat but the low price and large supply Of
oats az well both here and abroad OF MAIZE barley
leas peas rvc &c. have made the general business of
the grain markets in England during the past month
slow and discouraging England imports eoooooOo to
Sno0OO bushels annually; yet. remarks Mr. jackson,
the whole world seems be waiting to learn the growth
~ English acres
For his part he has no difficulty in giving prompt
answer the waiting world In the fields the shocks OF
cram sand thick and bulky and to the eye the actual
harvest Is prolific His own estimates as to wheat arc
hl. on % fields cutting in shock in Hampshire and
rha tha ain has hppn 0SRlY
watched from the beginning and on an in
spection Of Is punches OF wheat collected in
Essex. Judging by all these. Mr.. Jackson ex-
poets an average crop. Other writers are OF similar
opinion ono saying that the wheat yield will be q
bushels per acre, % being :" another that
the whole fair yield Is anticipated, even good
average crop not gathered; third that the yield
will he much nearer average than anticipated" Out
Of IS correspondents do not expect full crop 80 do,
and say it will be abundant the most sanguine es-
Inmates coming from the best wheat districts the South
Elster, Elstern and West and North Midland Counties
Yet thus far where the crops have been thrashed the
result d appoints expectation, not than bushels
being where looked for This. however,
yaseary wheat which suffered from the cold weather dur
ing May and July when the thermometer averaged
from three to six degrees less than the ordinary mean
temperature August with its blazing sunshine has done
much to compensate for this with the later wheat and
the change great that fields which, in July promised
not more nine bushes will yield a. In some districts
the Weld will be as much as B to sc bushels Of red wheat
per acre. and is important to note that both light and
heavy lands will contribute to the total OATS barley,
beans, and peas above the average Potatoes are
badly diseased hut there good remainder of sound
roots" Turnips and all that kind Of produce
promise surprising amount. SO that the English year,
rs whole cannot he considered otherwise than one OF
plenty estimating the deficiency of the wheat crop
at Is per cent.
Unjust he remarked. however, that the tone Of the
great AGRICULTURAL journal Of England The Mark Lane
Express Is shade less eangune than Mr.. ains-Jack
sons. Tue quantity of rain last weeks close some
what changed 1t thinks the growing feeling and hints
possible disaster in the midst OF what seems success
harm has yet been reported to the crops The
pies Of wheat that have already reached market
much better than expected. During the wet weather
thin. and its thnuess may have saved 1t. more
room being left the wheat TO ripen Thus 1t happens
that the samples from the early hot land are beyond
their promise. Still. the yield is not we'll spoken Of
heavy deficiencies being frequently repOrted-a remark
entirely confirming Mr.. Jackson's, above quoted The
French wheat poducei estimated at not more than two
thirds OF crop SPAIN the other hand, s so well on
that Spanish merchants already have an eye to the
chances of export trade. Hungary promises an
average crop parts of Russia the heat has been
excessive and complaints OF short crop are heard but
In Germany is anticipated that the wheat harvest may
be gathered in good order Yesterdays market reports
show an upward tendency. indicating perhaps, doubt
whether hopes based last month OF sunshine
to be realized.
Later and elaborate than either OF the author
ties above giveA is the statement Of Mr. James Sander
SOD and 1t less hopeful to wheat than either. He
estimates the wheat yield at % bushels per
bushels less than the bushels less than last
year. bushels less than 1862 II bushels less than the
great crop 1861 about the 1867. He states
the actual Yield in 1868 132000OOO bushels In 1862
9O0 bushels in 1870. 04 900 bushels; and his es
innate for this year. assuming that the area OF wheat
will be equal to that OF last year, is 100000 bushels.
Of viap
the other authorities have quoted seem to take the
grain merchants view and both essential to a
plete Rarely, says Mr. sanderson has the result
OF years crops been anxOusy looked forward to
this year. There early indications that the wheat
crop would not be productive. The severe rosts Of
Spring decmated the plants undraned lands, and
loose Soils especially black fen land which had not been
recently cayed The Of the wire worm
uay severe and from the wet condition Of the land the
only means-heavy and frequent roling-Of mitigating
the evils referred to UNAVOIDABLE hence consdera
BILE area OF wheat plowed and large breadth
that allowed to grow so thnly planted that 1t
could not yield half crop. The easformng stage was
by no favorable while the blooming season. from
being wet and windy, the most adverse ever re-
member. So early the middle of June it was evident
that under the favorable circumstances the wheat
yield Of 1871 would be deficient"
Even the lane which is usually the most productive,
the extensive fen area, has suffered severely from
storms shows fields not worth the cost Of harvest
ing The whole yield in these districts will not be more
than one-af what it last year. Speaking generally
1t is the heavy soils which have done worst and the light
best Mdew has attacked the crops in sheltered stua-
tons rust has done damage In few districts, and the
hue Of most fields Is leaden instead Of golden The re-
suit Of all this 10 that crops already thrashed out In
Kent Surrey Essex, Berkshire. Northampton and Lin
coin are unsatisfactory and Mr.. SandersOn expects
others to be still more disappointing.
is quite otherwise with barley the present crop OF
Uht IL hulk VII and seldom