A letter in the Times, signed " H. J. Turner,"
and dated from Rich- mond in Yorkshire, October 30, gives a report on the harvest- " After one of the most lingering and difficult seasons we have experienced for many years, we in the North countrie ' have now, and only Just now, got our grain crops secured. The portion of wheat that was out when the last wet weather commenced has all suffered, though not equally. Where extra labour was not grudged, and the sheaves were frequently moved and kept upright, and where the sithe or the, reaper had been used, the damage has been less than one could have hoped for ; but where the stooks were not hooded and not daily attended to, especially if cut with the sickle, the loss will be great. This loss, however, though a great calamity to many indivi- duals in particular districts, is not so extensive as to affect the general price of wheat over the whole kingdom. After a very careful examination of the crops over a great extent of land, comparing the results of actual experi- ments in various localities, and aided by information derived from practical agriculturists in different parts of the kingdom,'I have come to the conclu- sion that the wheat crop of this year will, in round numbers, exceed that of 1855 by at least 2,000,000 quarters."
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