The anti-monopolist., 1875-09-27

.reat portion Of the grain is cut. but no
yreat amount gathered, the last day or
NO not proving favorable for housing
both quality and yield OF the wheat IS
unsatisfactory. and from information we
consider reliable, should say that the
wheat crop fully Is per cent. be,
low that Of last wear. Barley is good
average, and as regards other sraln II
is too early to form any opinion. FROM
Ipswich. s.With another week OF
splendid harvest weather, the puik OF
our wheat and fully half the barley has
been secured in the finest condltlon.
Thus tar the yield and quality OF the
wheat is reported as extremely various;
and the few samples of barley we have
vet seen are al more or less coarse ana
high coloured, and much OF it thin ana
and small.n From Halesworth, Suffolk:
..Since our last, of the l7th inst, the
weather has been uninterruptedly hne,
with the exception OF shower Of rain
on Saturday night. Wheat carted; also
about three quarters Of barley in excel
lent condition. From Great Yarmouth:
1.-The continuance OF tine weather has
enabled farmers to secure nearly all
their produce in fine condition" Thurs
day morning was dull, cloudy, and
showery; but fine the afterpart OF the
day. From Suffolk: ''Wheat and bar.
lev harvest is now nearly over; and
these articles have been carried in good.
| sound condition. There will be great
variety in the samples, the quality OF
both wheat and barley certainly ranking
much inferior to last year. Farmers
are slow to thrash wheat, and there was
very little either of old or new offering
to.day.n From Warwickshire: ''The
weather has continued extremely favor
able for harvest operations, and the ma
iority Of it is now safely housed. and i!
good marketable condition, althougl
quantity and quality are alike lnierlor.
From the West Riding OF Yorkshire
J ..The weather up to Wednesday wa
fine large quantity of grain has bee
, oot into stack. Where threshing ha
Commenced farmers do not speak we
Of the Weld of either wheat or barley
i and the quality of many samples is onl
? very moderate From Cambridgeshlre
t But little of any grain has been threshet
. the fine weather, inducing farmers
: secure their stuff, and the low rates pa.
e ing for wheat offering no temptation
I. sell. The quality OF almost all the san
:. nles at present offered is very poor, al
G points to deficient yield.
J CROPS IN FRANCE.
: The information emanating from Il
, house of Barthelemy Estienne exten
j. to foreign markets, and without su
we could scarcely estimate the value
~ our own crops, nor could we reck
=. upon the probable imports or expor
Nowhere has the harvest been parue
! larly good, and in one of our princiE
:, Grain countries-namely, Russia
~ will be very poor; but Turkey Will n
AS last wear, be deficient; and Spain |
obtained an average; neither is 1t;
~ ~ particularly unfortunate, and it is
oo territory around the Mediterranean VIII
Z at ali times sends us its surplus. "
! the abundant crop Of last year impo
" will be rendered unnecessary, anu
-, shall even be prepared to sell to
g.. suffering neighbor Switzerland.
~ markets of the United States are m
5 sr open to Great Britain than TO ourseis
and there the crop is light, but vi
,os Britain will not require large lmpo
,ra having profited likewise. as we did,
y the recent fine weather, thus be
- spared any extraordinary deiicier
: Great were our anticipations with
~ gard to this year 1875, and very pi
"a leped were we indeed in 1874;
~; without drawing invidious compares
1 -; we may still rest contented with the
"a duce OF the present season.
Itwas our happiness last year to m
!. a favorable announcement OF the res
a 1n' Of the harvest. In IS Departments
vas cluding Alsace-Lorraine, the crops
c,n, exceedingly good-these provinces
y;,h their food relations, can not ne opsel
~ - from France they were good 10 y.
III III cluding Algeria: tolerably good in 7
80. and not decidedly mediocre but in o
~. ~" namely, the Oriental Pyrenees.
this harvest remains the best upon
H. A. ord, having exceeded that OF 1877,
12O million hectolitres were gath'
: and the surplus upon these occai
- renders all danger Of famine an imp
..l. bility. were even the successive ha
! a complete failure In the present
! Ia q the result has proved good in 10 DE
es.a aua ments, including Al-ace- Lorraine
- nn !; Algeria; tolerably good in 70.
passable in Is others; only mediot
"a. and it is bad in eight Departme
..oa namely. the Maritime Alps, the Bou
80, s;,b du-Rhome, the Gard, Haut-Ga
nd Savoy, Tarn, ,-et- -Garonne. and Vau
sas. an. Calculating the ar. Of land occup
n ha corn in The various Department
good, naI g. = J. a.od ad ~ !. nassal
WIN 800. mediocre In 8 900, 900, and
- 100000. This shows an average
s, E or about 80 million hectolitres Of
: dis d;s Tie least falling Fl is recorded "
! I an and variety Of grain is cultivated, and
C ! I i the wheat in particular produc
9 from IN greatest quantity per hectare.
ID nm A High Compliment.
finan- The vote given to Hon. ". L. Ban