The following accounts of the crops and prospects of the
harvests are selected from papers received during the week.
In consequence of the unsettled state of the weather, no progress has been made in the hay-harvest during the past week. Many crops are yet even us. cut. The heavy rains that have fallen within the last few days, kayo excited the most serious apprehensions for the corn-harvest ; which, wider the most fovonrotble circumstances that can arise, must now be very late.—Durham Chronicle.
We are glad to learn from the various farmers in the neighbourhood of Don• easter, who] Imre escaped the late visitation of the sweeping floosk, that the wheat-harvest promises to he abundant, especially upon sand land, where the ears are heavy, and the straw strong ; but on the clay-soil so mach cannot be said, as the crops will he comparatively thin. The plants, however, are well
eared. —Doncaster Claanide.
The weather in the Berwick district has assumed a very serious (Ammeter: it has rained, Inure or less, almost every day, in such torrents as must have greatly damaged the grain-crops, we fear, in many situations. We have so fur an abundant season ; yet, without on improvement in the weather, it will bed little avail. We would humbly suggest that on Sabbath next the prayers of all Christian congre,„asitions should be specially offered up to Almighty God, that he " would send its such weather as that we limy receive the fruits of the earth in due season." This pions practiec is well worthy of being adopted at so critical a juncture.—Bertrick 'Vanier. A considerable quantity of wheat has been carried in the neighbourhood of Reading; some of it in good order, butt a good deal rather ton hastily. In the more backward parts of the county reaping has only commenced, mod tine hot weather is much to be desired, that the wheat may be safely housed. Friday was marked by heavy thunder-showers and a falling barometer; but the wea- ther, though unsettled, is not decidedly wet. The rains have been very par.
Gal.—Burks Chronicle.
The cutting of wheat is general annul Stamford, and the crops are pretty good ; but the weather is as cold as it was last year at the same time. It seems probable that the absence of solar heat will again make the yield of flour less than an average.—Lincoin -Mercury. Corn harvest will soon be general in the neighbourhood of Barnstaple. Several of our leading agriculturists have begun, and we have heard nothing yet to induce us to believe that the crops arc not generally good.—North De- von Advertiser.
The harvest has now universally commenced in the neighbourhood of Sher- borne ; and, from all the information ire can collect on the subject of the state of the crops, we me led to believe there will be an average return—particularly if the weather should continue throughout so favourable fin' the gather- ing as it at present promises to be. Although on grounds much exposed the wheat was partially beaten down by the late high winds and rain, still no rn.a• terial injury has resulted front it ; great portions having since recovered 45 erect position, whilst none has been so far levelled as to preclude from the grain the ripening influence of the sun and air. Barley and oats look particularly fine about us, and bespeak abundant crops; indeed, line weather is alone needed to bless the country with a plenteous supply of the necessary provisions of lie Moth for man and beast.—Sherborne In sonic places in Kent, wheat has been carried, and shows for a fair crop and a good sample. A very large breadth of wheat has been already cut ; and, generally speaking, the quantity and quality have not disappointed us in our recent expectation. Much more would have been carried had it not been for the showers. The quantity of rain has not done much harm at present, and has probably improved the graM. Much more, however, would render the sample tough and cold, and consequently less valuable to the mil- ler, besides increasing the difficulty of housing. Some of the forward oats have been well got in, and turn out productive in the yield, and good in the sample, with about an average length of straw. Much remains un- cut that a week's fine weather would enable the harvesters to carry. A small portion of the forward barley has been cut, but none carried that we know of. The beans, although now ripening, have been badly affected by the dolphin: several good fields of peas have been well carried. 'The young turnips and po- tatoes look well, the humid weather being highly favourable for therm—Maul- stone Gazette.
From almost every part of Ireland there are accounts of serious da- mage to crops from wet weather.
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