The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-29

have suffered scvcrcly--the losses of lambs
have been disastrous from the persistent
continuance of excessive downfalls Of rain,
which have kept pastures and seeds and
forage crops in soddcn and unhealthy layers,
Even dairy farmers are in difficulty, though
their chief stress is the low market for their
products, and the cruel cncroachmcnt OF
American checses upon the monopoly Of
quality, heretofore, enjoyed by homemade
Cheshire, Cheddar and Stiton
As to the hay harvest, while only very
small proportion Of the meadow hay can
possibly have been got well, and larger
quantity than probably at any former time
has been spoiled in the rick, owing to hasty
and insufficient making, the quality of
nearly all is deteriorated from the mere
fact of the latcness of the period of cutting
resulting in an oyer-ripe and
woody condition Of the grass and Il
waste Of the nutrient properties which were
at this maximum when weather forbade the
risk of putting IN the scythe or moving
machine, Large breadths of meadow hay
are at this moment lying in the swath--
bulky growths, indeed but hazardous to
spread out properly with the tcdding ma
chine, and to treat secundum artcm with a
view to color, fragrance, and quality, be-
sides involving heavy labor of teams and
hands just when all the forces of the farm
are in demand for overtaking some of the
tillage operations such as the wedding Of
green crops, which the weather has made
long overdue, and for the commencement
of pea-cutting and other l0bors now press
ing closely upon the heels Of each other.
The crop of clover hay too, is only partially
secured The actual destruction Of hay
10y the catastrophes Of flooding rivers and
dcluging rains and waterspouts must have
been very great Taking the condition of
the principal hay districts into account,
and applying the same throughout Eng
land and Wales, it may well be that the
fodder for next winter is many millions Of
pounds sterling short in value.
The prospects for corn farmers, and for
root growers, for the winter keep Of sheep,
and also for the clearly culture Of land
next year. may be understood from few
notes, with regard to particular districts
And as sample Of fine corn country take
parts of Essex and Hertstordshirc extend
ing between Chclmstor- and point west
ward Of Bishops Storttord. In Journey by
railway and drive through the clay coun-
ty Of Roothngs and the kinder land, nearer
Chelmsford, and about Dunmow and Bis.
hops Stortford, ! am impressed with these
governing feature--the failure of the
barleys, the thinness of wheats, the touness
Of the fallows and, indeed of all land, and
the number Of dung-heaps and farm.yards
full Of manure which the farmers have been
unable to apply either for the present or
next years crops.
This year, of all others, the farmers, dis.
appointed in their usual early wheat-sced-
inc time. sowed more acres than ever, with
barley; and, indeed, an eye to the probable
market has lead them to expect better
money returns from the beermaking than
from the bread.making cereal. Bus barley
Is more sensitive than wheat to climatic in
iuences. The Indictment spring and sum
mer have damaged it more. The plant is
50 thin, and the stems are so weak that the
whole crop must be looked upon as more or
less a failure