COUNTRY LIFE
A FARMER has said that no farmer was ever ruined by laid crops. arg that these were usually heavy crops, which paid for the extra ex of harvesting. It is a brave statement, and it comes from a profession has a reputation—.not always undeserved—for grumbling. When see a great crop of wheat lying almost horizontal instead of vertical just an odd hawkweed or such upright in the midst, the prospect look melancholy even to the most confirmed optimist..- The West suffering more than the East from this prospect. In parts of the No West, too, notorious for a heavy rainfall, rain and absence of sun ha been so continuous that such small fruit as raspberries, which offered unusually heavy crop, has rotted before it was half-ripe ; a fair amount of hay, cut rather late, has lost much of goodness. Even in the South gardeners have seen some of roses rot in the bud. Yet when all is said the harvest, which has al begun here and there, may be a good one if sun is vouchsafed. It h crying need, and among young partridges not less than ears of corn budding roses.
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