17 AUGUST 1861, Page 1
The reports of the harvest are generally encouraging, though there
has been wet weather in the north, and the breadth of land sown everywhere is slightly below the average. In the south and east, however, the farmers are cheerful, the wheat yields well, and prices in Mark-lane begin to decline. On the whole, a fair average is antici- pated, a fact which greatly smooths our politics for next session. The difference between a good and bad harvest in England is equal to twenty millions sterling, or an eight per cent. profit upon the entire export and import trade of the country.
