Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-21
IFrom Our Regular Correspondent
Landau I.aftar
LONDON. Eng, Sept. 8, 1888

LONDON. Eng sept. D. looi'
8 When every allowance has been made
& for the beneficial influence of the strong
winds and bright sunshine which hav'
generally obtained during Friday, Satur
<day and Sunday, it would be ignoring
!. patent facts and the evidence which ha'
been forthcoming from all parts of the
country, to regard the past week as hav
{ ing brought o,her than general disaster
md ruin to the British harvest of 1881. A
series OF intermittent storms, which com
menced on Monday, eliminated on Thurs
s lay in thunderstorm which included in
: its area nearly the whole of the United
Kingdom, during which the rainfall was
Excessive. To form an adequate estimate
! of the damage done by this downpour, II
Twill be necessary to bear IN mind that il
Hell on crops which have been outstanding
in sheaf for a considerable length of time.
Turing which they have been repeatedly
wetted and partially dried. and on uncu'
grain which is being literally eaten up by
nildew. 1t is difficult to assess the rela
E tive amount of damage as between crops
standing in sheaf and those which have
1 not yet been cut even with advices daily
to hand from all parts of the kingdom. In
the former category are included the bulk
+ of the grain crops in the eastern, southern
i md southeastern and midland counties of
4 England, and in the latter, the whole
remainder of the United Kingdom. The
wheats have sprouted, more or less, in all
{ the districts in which the grain crops are
outstanding, in some cases to an almost
unprecedented degree. whilst the barleys,
which are generally too short in the
straw to admit of tying, have received
damage varying from state of rotten
T ness to mere discoloration, which will
materially affect the mailing properties
and market value of the crop. In dis
( tricts in which floods have occurred-the
"details of which are not yet fully to hand
n the harvest disaster must necessarily be
complete. The drying wind which OBJ
8tained on Friday and Saturday induced
n many farmers to put together consider
& abe acreage of wheat in condition which
varied from bad to Indifferent, and the re
8 suit will be known at a future day. 1t is
ITO be feared that unattached ricks every
Hwhere have suffered material damage from
The downpour of Thursday. The position
4of the harvest has materially affected The
Ngrain trade. On Friday in London the
SUN was shining, and that checked the
upward tendency. If Thursdays weather
&had occurred on Friday there would Ger
Ntainly have been an advance in the price
&of wheat amounting to several shilling
per Or but the high wind and the brigh
Sunshine reduced the upward movemen
\ to 24s. over the Wednesdays rates, or ASS
\ good, over those of Monday last. Ii
4 many important provincial exchanges thu
advance during the week has been fully
8shilling teyond that obtained from natlv
wheat in London.
Continental grain markets are, as
rule, hardening from the disappointing
knature of the yield and in the late district
the rains have deteriorated the condition
Sof the wheats. In Holland and German,
Knearly the whole of the wheat crop is still
Hin the fields. Barleys are variable il
France and Germany, and special price
are being paid in Saale and other barle
growing districts of Germany; brewers
Ehowever, do not yet respond.