The New York herald., 1872-09-16
"The Crop is 0bhterated" in England,
Scotland and Ireland.
THE CATTLE DISEASE.
Dear Meat, Dear Potatoes, Dear
Bread, Dear Coal.
THE LONDON BAKERS STRIKE.


America can have some idea, but probably not an
adequate one, Of the arrangement which has been
produced here BY the disputes In the various
Grades. First the building operations Of this city
have been standing idle for weeks at the moment
when dne weather and long days offered the great
est facilities for building. In the country the agri
cultural laborer has made up his mind that he
shall NO longer be satisfied with wages that barely
pay him as much as can keep body and soul to-
Rether, and the fields have been lying idle at the
moment when agricultural operations should be in
ahelr fullest swing.
THE FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP.
Side by side with this state OF things, we have
another evil OF terrible magnitude-namely,
the failure Of the potato crop. That this
failure is widespread not only in England,
but also in Ireland and Scotland, there can
no longer be the slightest doubt On the 10th
o; this month find it stated that in several parts
OF Catthness the disease has made its appearance
70 such an extent as to excite fears for the whole
crop. entire fields are already anected." On the
same day another letter states that the disease has
appeared In many parts Of Nottinghamshire, espe-
cialy In the north. "The potato CROP" 1t is said,
'tgave much hope of being one OF the best known,
but within the last fortnight the potato herbage
has shown proof Of disease, which, upon examina-
tion, has been confirmed. great many potatoes
are anected, and the malady seems daily growing
cerned.n
On the goth Mr.. J. Algernon Clarke, the editor Of
leading agricultural weekly, wrote:-
We are threatened w with an an, ob!eraon Of the potato
sas%nsS ons a IN hs
ss q @
hat @
discovered throughout wcte fields and the general
amount Of ware for the marke., whether enough
y IL sas: aosp hs
0 the crop prevails over the entire rac o. p4,o ho
ysS az sSny!S3s e III ss s s ihs;
farmers pay sh and Sppy Ssir very
eTs s Of Ss Ss
70 the present state 81 the nSer should be
Es, gEgssIos
ss :%sS:ss snS
ssssy
;SS $s.ss3: aiss ~ vsiis d isS y
Z On the 2Sd it s stated that 'eary potatoes have
been badly affected with the disease and some groY,
ers complain that they do not pay even 1of the
labor OF getting them up" On the same day cor.
respondent OF the Times writing from Wolvcr-
hampton, says:-
Cor whose accommodation the London and Xorhwestern
aaSs s Ss IN nss a
titles Of the root would at ordinary times have been
snd enS s, SS the @ %
s$ss
S1s resorss were 81 The most dSorqas chsracssr
estrous . time Tho disease has worked shocking
s seso4 %ss a and the seSS s s
Piie; much that the baskets
Rh Rss S s @
SsSs
Tssais$ ysTy SAD tale; SrsSsSi
q hardly any Sser sSf soadifo" 1
% ALREADY plough
@ .na
ns ss s e: G. ' h s a
% ss s IN e wass s @
pasly indicates presence disease before
p Hs Eye g ss s's ss
@ ws as The eI @ e have 70 sS
sacspon % 70 ths bulk + found the Which Tie
nj sss:s S: ;s s
The Fie.d, an important agricultural journal, con-
tained the following on the oath :-"I hardly ever
remember to have seen the malady so general aud
the destruction 80 complete. Within the last month
IL has come and overrun the potatoes in all direc-
tions, and hundreds OF thousands Of tons OF useful
food have been converted into loathesome rotten
ness"
Land ana Water writes on the same day 1.-THE
blight seems to have made sad havoc among the
potato cropn
On the 2eth find letter In the Times from the
southern counties in which 1t is stated that 1.-THE
potato disease Is very general"
correspondent from Worcester writes on the
same day-"I some parts Of the county the dis
ease has not manifested itself very severely 1t Is
feared prices will be very high before Summer is
gone" On the 2Sth, Mr.. j. J. Mech the eminent
agricultural authority, writes to the Times that
potatoes are much diseased while another journal
contains the following despatch from Plymouth =
ny.ssS, Any sS5,resp0ndsns sSrcas6eu Cornwall Devon ana
Port e extent disease in thirteen western counties
s ITSELF sna hsrs no
ei sy but the Here
Of 2 o na a wos Of era no nsf
sss ss ,gss knsys n ,Ss will Sn
fss sssn;y a SH Sr s % ssa,s i sS
..s s e s cop On sns s
fubcrs aud so lcsseping the weight On high land with
limestone bottom slcping to the south, which
sound potatoes almost cquals the average OF previous
years On high level land with granite base such a. il
found borders Of Dartm0or, the disease
i about fty per cent on low lying snds with modsr
Soperect and Cornwall twothrds of wkat the crop
would have been are lost or three iourhs o the better
Kinds On wet marshy land the crop Is entirely
ON The WHOLE taking into extraordinary
fine crops there would have been had no disease ap
Msred, the facts are pretty fairly represcnted by the
nearly but not quito double what Is mt this period of
ordinary years
The agricultural wccKlies, published this day,
give the same gloomy picture OF the state OF the
potato crop. Land ana Water writes 1.-THE po
ato disease this year is likely to prove very disas
1rous In its consequences:''--