The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1885-09-05 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE.  In many districts recent weather has been untoward for the harvest, whilst the grain in shock has been gathered and stacked between the showers. Oi the present season it may be noted in its favour that such breaks as have occurred in the weather have been closely followed by drying winds and sunshine. WO have had no persistent wet. The crop deliveries continue of the same character as the first —irregular in sample, wheat being uneven in ripeness and varying in amight from 60Ib. to 651 b. per bushel. The threshing., too, exhibit deficient yields to set against large out.tures of five to seven quarters per acre. The aggregate is still reckoned at market, apart from statistics, as rather above an average quantity. New barley samples are often good, and most of the crop will be fit for malting purpales, although, like wheat, of various qualities. However, there is yet time for much of the barley crop to be damaged and stained by bad weather, and probably the British h will require yet another month to be fully secured. The crop of beans is often very bad, and may be estimated 30 to 40 per cent. less than an average. Nor is the yield of field peas satisfactory. Of wita the new samples are fair, quantity commonly short. Only a small crop of potatoes is expected, but if the tubers remain healthy there will not be much cause for complaint. Abroad the harvest work has been carried out almost to completion in France and Germany, the crops proving mainly satisfactory. Through the great failure of the turnip needing at home, and the bare state of the pastures, cattle corn and millers offal is in rather improved demand, whilst live stock has receded in price owing to the scarcity of keep. The markets have kept very inactive. Besides the new home deliveries from farmers, the state of trade in Am,rica has been very discouraging, and value for wheat has declined, causing the English markets to suffer.—Former, August 31.  -- Rains and low night temperature have lessened the quantity if grain actustly seeared and caused delay of a nore• serious nsture in the notthern and western counties .if Etightra I in Ireland, and in Scotland, afire the bulk id the crops is still outstanding, ihuch of it being as yet uncut. In the earlier districts of the southern and eastern counties of England there are late crops of cereals which will require considerable field room, awl in respect iit these there has been no hrin done. The the. shing machine is affinsling evidonce which so far, g cc to chew tie t the quality of this yistr's wheat crop is very variable, tmi propixt:on of tail corn and the gr.iss yield gotierally disappointing. With regard to the trade, there bee been m quotable change in value since last -week's decline ot le. pr qr., bet there has been no improvement in the detutaid. The sales of English wheat noted last week were 32,7GIsir. at 335. Sdo against li,tt4tlr. at ld".s. hi. in the corresponding week of last year. New barleys come forward rather sli.vsly, and they ahew very varied quality and colour; new oats are mostly of fair quality.—.lfark-fOOO I;.prcss, August 31.  A Ilarwari ascetic murdered three men in a temple at Bhownugger recently. A nonmommissioned officer of the 17th Lancers hns been ,truck dead by bMming during a severe stmm at LLICkrIoW.  The .Maharajah of Cashmere has sent five thououvi rune., to the Countess of Dulferm's fund lor female medical education.  Mr. Maiiiinochie, fif the Bombay Civil Servic.i, tnt c.ii etor of theAliiiiiiiiiibad dLtrctha ho him promotion stoppiel for two yeore by Government for rliseourteey to a llindu priest whilst travelling by roil. The priest was a brit-class paisenger, and Mr. Maconochie caused his removal to a second-class ears io.ie because he wished to have breakfast in the carr;a;;ti with a friend.  Mrs. Ellen Pomfret, a poor woman of Newtonle.Willows, annoyed by the damage done to her garden by dogs,clptored one of the animals th, othvr day, clipped ll AA hair off and covered it with tAr. For Revere' days the dog suffered intense p.m. Charged by the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with cruelty, hire. Ellen Pututiet has been tined 20e. and code.