A RARE HARVEST.
The whole of the English countryside is basking in the expectation of the rare and refreshing fruit of a great harvest. Seldom have we seen crops so uniform. The oats have grown white and the wheat golden very rapidly ; and we have had the ideal combination : a slow filling of the " berries " of the ear and then—as in Canada—a rapid ripening. The farmers of the whole world have been depressed for three years, but the gloom has been calamity in Britain because of bad seasons. One really good harvest would be like a good Nile flood : we should see prosperity spread from the fields to every little country town, to the country in general ; and it is to be hoped that the town would realize how much the fields contribute to national health and wealth. The " haysel " was very quick. The harvest will be long drawn out. Some oats were cut on July 20th, and Norfolk barley will not be ready till the third week of August.
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