The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-03
The British Crops.

Mr.. Thomas I. Scott, writing (AuGllSt lo)
to the London Times. gives the following
estimate of the British crops: aa
Taking the best and worst crops on va
rious farms in wide-apart districts, and
striking an average, and then asSmilating
these averages from districts ranging from
30 to 100 miles south. north, east, and west
OF London, / have come to the folio wing
conclusion:
/. That we have not more than $500. 600
acres under wheat in The United kingdom,
being about 800, 900 acres less than last year.
,. That the yield will be two bushels
under an average crop, or say tWentv-eight
bushels an acre. This exceeds by six BUSH
els an acre my estimate in the Times CT last
years crop, and would yield an aggregate
product OF II, 100000 quarters. Deducting
1000, 900 quarters for seed required for home
Use, 1O,J00,0OO quarters remain to meet 4
consumption Of 22,000.000. The deficit is
II 100000 quarters, which is 100000 quar-
tiers more than | anticipated in the Times on
the list Of April last. Last year estimated
the aggregate product from larger area at
less, and the foreign supply required at 49,
000,eG0 quarters; it has already reached
twelve and 4 hall millions, and there are
sixteen days to run to complete the agricul'
tural year.
This exceeds by three millions Of quarters
Of E0,000,00D of money, the average imports
for the previous four years.
Fortunately, the great whcat-tields of Rus
sin and America. each with IN area six times
greater than our own. arc favorably reported
on the fine South Australian wheat we are
nov receiving comes opport,lDcly to OIL
shores, and our own Unexpectedly early har
vest is likewise as great a boon to the coun
try as q timely remittance is to IN individual
when bill is due. ..a- s..
I The barley crop Of this year covers an eX
ira area. and Is good in quantity and fair il
quality. The latter is q more essentla! ele
nient in its value than in relation to any
other cereal, as no foreign produce equals i
for mating purposes. ..ns.f .3
Oats occupy about the same width rs lbs
year, and promise an average.
Beans are well podded, and will be ar
average crop, and peas above. 49,.
The hay harvest, which was late this year
and is not yet finished in northern districts
WAS notvery satisfactory, rs the crop, though
better than anticipated in early spring, is NO
above threc-tourths OF an average, and is
coarse in qualit::. Except in huy districts
this crop Is not taken much into account
but as it occupies 100000 acres in the
United Kingdom, and yields as many tons O.
produce annually. worth EDO, 000, 900, and AZ
the health of much stock and the rent Of
much land depends upon it, it is of more
Importance than many are accustomed tt
think. Our artificial grasses, cloyers, and
forage plants have not yielded we'll this year
because many of the plants were rotted out
during the winter by the wet.
Potatoes occupy about three-tourtbs of the
breadth of last year. and look extremely we'll
There VIII be Il great bulk ofproduce IL they
escape the disease.
Swede and all other turnipcrops are good,
and kold rabi, which have often been pressed
upon the attention of agriculturisrs as a
substitute for the Swede for sheep-keep on
heavy lands, is extending at the rate of TO-.
900 acres per annum, and now occupies from
10000 to $4,000 acres.