181 6.] Monthly Agricultural Report, 173 



Sayn* A, an4 J, St. John Rreei, Sha'* T, Sksrwo. Linca.ter Wimb(,!t w, mi4 W, iuk/n, St, 



CLerkenweU Smei: J, Surrey raul'. Ch..rch yud 



»ettephcr W, >nd T, W, N, Swift, Sccvei'.a C. Ntwctftle upon Tvne Wsgh.im T, Chith«m 



Ked Uuu ftrcet, Clerkenwell Itratton R, N. stow un zl.c Wold, \Vj ion J, Letrts 



»e?is T, Cambridge Gloucefttn* Watfon | . - arlineton^ Durtizm 



ll«ad A, 1 ower Crofrenor ftreet Search F, Cicrkenwtll greca SViruig J, Alton, Southampton 



SicMnoiid F, Portfea Smitn }. F«¥er:ham. Kent Vfc"impory ;, Fleet ftrcet 



Futt J, Gieat Waltnara, t-dex Spirritr VV, A, Eriftnl West J, aid T, J, CuIIiford, Crctt 



Ktmmctt T,*. Frith flrett, s.,ho tjylor J, Park ftreet, Soiithwirfc V.inchefter meet 



Seyclds W, and M, Wriehr, Idol T' rr.er >, Swi-efBinp, Suffollc Weale P, Kini; on. Hcrefo.d 



lare. Tower areet laylorG, Ranted, Kent U mhs J, Cinrron, Cambridt-ft^iro 



ilarp I, iVilberfbrs, Yorkftiire 1 hompfon G, iiverpool Williams T. Ui-ilitiall grten 



Sfirt l.ieadeuriall ftrcet Tomlinfon J, Micklej, YortlTiire Wefton R. SHji.tou Mallet 



^Ka^^e^t B, iiverpuul Von Hu'-, J, T, cam mile i>rcct Watkins J, CJ-.ipei ftreei, M~yfair 



Sniat J, Cyke ftj-eet, St, J>m^^s's vyeli:h VV, J, ereenv.ith Woijd J, B;ackbarn, LaiitalLiit. 



MONTHLY AGRICULTUIIAL REPORT. 



A LATER, or more iinfoilunate, Imy harvest, has seldom been known. Scarcely any 

 liay has been saved in good coiidiiion, but Ibe latter-niath will be heavy, ex~ 

 sepling where the Jirst ctop iitood too long uncut. 'I'hn young crops of clover, ciuque- 

 foin, lucerne, taies, &c. are beautifiil and luxuriant. Turnips, aimust iinivtrsaliy good, 

 although much of the land was uumaiiured ; the liy having, this sea>-oi), acted partially, 

 and to no great extent ; demonstralinq, that its cxi-'Uiice depends on tit'' weaiker, not on 

 ike seed. There will be, piobaiily, the greatest crop of rata baga, in the present year, 

 that ever was grown in this country; aud, it is to be hoped, that valuable root v\ ili 

 no longer be neglected : bat the genial warmth of the ^uu has been much wanted 

 tcr this crop, as well as oihers. All the cabbage tribe is an abundant ciop. Potatoes 

 are too luxuriant in the haulm ; but are expected to produce largely. Hops, also, are 

 large in the gro« th of bine, from tlie constant showers. Some plantations, favourably 

 iituate'd, have escaped injiu'y ; though, in general, they are more or less affected by tlie 

 consequences of blii^ht, and a large crop is not expected. Fioni the wet conditiojiof the 

 lands, and other cause?, the heavy land I'allows have been much neglected, and sucLi 

 lands will not bo in good condition this year, the hay and corn-harvests coming nearly 

 together, and taking up all the farmer's attention. Markets still declining for fat 

 and lean stock; and wool, of both kind^, at very reduced piices, as well fiom the 

 quantities on hand, as the scarcity of money, few farmers being able to stock their 

 laitei-uiaths, although cattle niay be so cheaply purchased. Sheep, as might be ex- 

 pected, have been tice from the fly, but the season has been too wet for Uieir consti- 

 tution. 



The corn has l>een partially laid in all quarters, by the rains, whicli have prevailed 

 dniing some hours every day, in the last ten weeks. Rye was cut about the 10th of 

 August upon the Southern coast, and tiie wheat-harvest commenced in various parts 

 a week after. On the 14th of Augui-t, large breadths of wheat, in Middlesex, weie 

 green, and the kernel in its milky state. Much was laid, but the earth <lry ; the cars 

 cie.iii and pure, and apparently full, with a mixture of ears, Iiaving the chaff brown as 

 from lipcness, the kci-nel without subsiance, Oats still green, a sufficient buik, but the 

 giralest quantity of bratids interspersed ever before witnessed. Were apparent bulk 

 the only requisite, the present v\heat ci op miL'ht be far above an average, and more espe- 

 cially were the solar heat and dry weather of no consequence to the wheat plant; but, as 

 the season has turned out, a barn-flcor speculation on the genera! weight of the crop will 

 be the safest. The smut, or rot, in the wheat, prevails to acousiderab:e extent, and with- 

 out any respect to the seed having been brir.ed or dressed. Great part of the wheat re- 

 ceived a checkal the blooming period; and, had the hoar fiosts continued, and the raiiis 

 been cold, instead of cool and niiid in ttniperaturc, the uliole crop must have been de- 

 »tioyed. Hcaivs and peas will be the laryeot produce. The spring corns have snftereiJ 

 fioni the gicat and cshausting burden of weeds. Distress still pervades the country, 

 iii all direeiioiis, and a most biltn- and indignant spirit has arisen against (liose who 

 Jiave endeavoured to impress the public with a notion, that such distress is exaggerated 

 or pretended. The nuiueroiis sales, iiu«ier execution, have produced ruinous prices, 

 and, in too many instances, have only covered tiic rent aud taxes, leaving all other 

 crediiors without a .shilling, and the ni, fortunate tenant to starve. Clieat complaints 

 are reported from certain parts of the country against the laudiords, not one in fit'tv of 

 whom, it is averied, has yet made any reduction of rent, but tlat they ha\e distrained 

 and ruineil their old tenants. The dainasn from floods, within the boiinilaries of certain 

 river-H in .Somersetshire, is estimated at ;>i),()i)Ol. After all, lliere is great plenty in the 

 coiintiy ; increased, probably, by the consi<!oiablc emigrations uhieh have taken place. 

 The ports will remain shut, at any rati, nnjil the ensuing spini^-. 'ihe inclosure and 

 Ci'.ltare of Uelanerv forest, (^hesbire^ advunee«rapi(ily% 



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