18 SEPTEMBER 1920, Page 3

The Ministry of Agriculture's monthly Report shows that the harvest

has been disappointing. At the end of June nearly everybody expected an unusually heavy corn crop, but the expectation was disappointed by the appalling wetness of July and the strange coldness of August. Wheat, oats and potatoes are all below the average. Wheat is put at 95 per cent., oats at 94 per cent., and potatoes at 92 per cent. The hay harvest was certainly abundant, but in many districts it was ruined by lying out in the wet weather. When the weather is unpropitious for the corn harvest there is generally a good time for the roots, but that is not true this year, as, in spite of all the rain, the root crops grew little during the August cold. Of the corn harvest barley alone is satisfactory.