A Beautiful Harvest
A very beautiful, though not abnormally bountiful, harvest is being carried through at a rare rate. Was ever the wheat a deeper colour ? It became sunburnt just at the right moment. The "'berries," as farmers say, swelled to the maximum and were then hardened off by such a continuously powerful sun as is seldom experienced in England at that critical date. Individual ears not less than the general aspect are a delight to behold. The quality of a good deal of the grain is super- excellent ; but in very few fields will the yield be in the bumper class. The plants suffered too severe shocks to provide a very thick crop. At one time it looked as if the plants had clean vanished, as indeed they did vanish in some of the hollows. Timely sun saved the situation and the harvest will be up to the average on moist soils and above it on some of the lighter soils. The quality everywhere should be exceptional ; and the sum of labour is much below the normal.
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