" Oh ! 'tis a goodly sight and fair, 



To see tl.e fields their produce bear, 

 Waved by the breeze's lingering wing, 

 So thick tl:ey seem to laugh and sing ; 

 And call the heart to feel delight, 

 Rejoicing in that bounteous sight, 

 And call the reaper's skilful hand 

 To cull the riches of the land." 



THE approach of HARVEST is justly looked upon with 

 great interest by all classes of persons. The state of 

 the weather, the condition of the crops, the abundance 

 or scantiness of the produce, the prevalence or absence 

 of blight, and other circumstances likely to affect the 

 general prospects of the farmer, are common subjects of 

 remark. Nor should it be otherwise. In the harvest 



