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PEARANCE OF THE CROPS DURING THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUSI, 1846. 
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS. 
COUNTIES, |i WHEAT. OATS. | BARLEY. | BEANS. | PEAS. GRASS. | HAY. POTATOES. | SWEDES, &c. 
SELKIRKSHIRE. ...| 1 Average, Average. | Deficient. Deficient ; but| Deficient, Old pasture- |Artificial Grass-|Present appear-|Very late ; but |—WM. E, 
| | | few grown in Grass abundant. hay deficient, ance abundant. |with favourablelof the Melrose 
| | the district, Young artificial on accountof the weather the crop Farmers! Club. 
| Grass deficient, failure of red or will be an aver-| 
from a failure in|broad Clover. age one, 
red or broad|Natural Grass- 
| | Clover. hay abundant. 
RoxsURGHSHIRE,. 2 | Good. Not above an | Not above an ven Abundant, (Thin crop, very|Look well; very; Early-sown |— —~ Hawick. 
poco average, average. little red Clover. Cy disease, ex-| od, 
| | ept in gardens. 
NORTHUMBERLAND| 3 | Average. ER except on rtially good; Full pedanes but| Full and for- Good, New pee light. ees ;|Very promising, |-—JonN GREY, 
| the finest loam, muchatdifferent) ^ mot long. ward, Old eadows|but disease ap as also Turnips.| Dilston. 
growths. good, pearing in som: 
|, | places. 
AND 4 |An A very deficient| Although Bins 2A deficient crop.|A deficient crop. |About an aver-|About an ayer-| Very good crops, Looking —Wm. GLOVE 
COE will be cr Top. good yield m age erop. age crop. and no appear- well, and, to “all Secy. Farmers? 
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CUMBERLAND ,,... 
WESTMORELAND .. 
YORKSHIRE »sssse 
YoRESHIRE ...... 
YORKSHIRE 
RUTLAND .. 
CHESHIRE sosse she) 
NORTHAMPTON .. 
NORTHAMPTON .. 
NOTTINGHAM .... 
NOTTINGHAM .... 
LINCOLNSHIRE.... 
SALOP, 
ja fortnight, | e a good crop, |on- 
5 [Will most pro- Are a good crop ave heard no|Little or moneLitdle or none| Abundant. |A light eum and|Were avery pro-| Abundant and|—J. ATKINSON, 
|bably be a defi- |complaints with| grown here. grown here, not well gotin, |mising crop until healthy. Harraby, near 
cient crop. regard to this a fortnight agọ, Carlisle. 
'ecy. 
Igeneral in about, | ee expected. ance of disease. appearance, will Cub, Newcastle- 
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again affected as 
last year, 
6 | Full ayerage, Deficient, Abundant, Deficient, None grown, Good, Large crop. A buti Poor, —Joun CROSBY, 
rong indica- Kirkby Thore. 
tion of agence, 
7 |Deficient; consi-| Deficient. A rather light |A very badcrop.| Deficient, Abundant, Abundant, (|Prettygooderop| Promising. |—Tmos. DIXON, 
derably below an crop. Land Agent, Dar- 
average crop. | Ken 
8 |Thin on the} Anaverage crop; Below an aver- A bad crop. I|Anaverage crop. Pastures good, |An averagecrop,| Promise well. |Swedes have|—H. J. TURNER 
ime. but well) Eg haye im-| age crop. ightal and well se- come up at two Richmond 
|headed. roved very| a complete fail. cured, growths, and 
Foch lately. ure, much will de- 
pend on the wea- 
ther as to their y 
value as a crop. 
Yellow Turnips 
promise well. 
9 [Rather thin on|Short in  the|Short in  the|A deficient crop, Few Peas grown Excellent crops. Good. crops, and Apparently good Very promising. IL. BnraGs, 
the ground, but|straw, and the|straw, and the|being much in-in this neigh- generally ‘welljand as yet no Overton, near 
the ears are wellorop rather de-|crop rather de-i jured by the dry|bourhood ; but housed. symptoms of dis- Wakefie 
filled. and will|ficient. ficient. weather, what have been ease. 
prove an ayerage| grown are fair 
crop. in quality and 
quantity. 
A good crop,|This crop may|Generally short|Quite as put, E Very inferior, |Has been very|Plentiful ^ well|Not S culti. Almost an en-|—W, FANCOURT, 
probably  more|be considered an in Straw. Fields|not the wo plentiful untiljgot, and  with|vated in  this|tire failure. |Empingham. 
thananaverage.average. ^ The|sown in the pro- crop ever een the last three or|very little trou- sg alma eae Common Tur- 
Great complaint Tartary —seems|per season have four weeks, but|ble. the ‘few planted nips plentiful, 
of abundance of|better than the|a good ear, and owing to the look well, but very back- 
smut, Spring-/other kinds. promise a good drought of June ward, and will 
sown Wheat quality ; ^ but, (only .4 of an in. require hoeing 
eus well, but manyfields sown : of rain) Grass in'the midst of] 
farmers late are very bas become harvest, 
dem they will not light and infe.| scarce, 
yield according rior, pastures being 
there xpectatio very bare, 
n An average in|An average,|Deficient.  Not|Not | generally|Not generally Abundant, a average, yet Appear luxuri-|Deficient gene-|—R, Owen, Land 
ain, tl short in|much grown in|grown. Not an|grown. Not an fal one-thirdjant, still it is be-|rally ; excepting Surveyor, Baddi- 
qs in the|the straw. the district, average, average, Shortof last yea sownearlyley, near Nant- 
|straw, particu- if the disease|in May, previous wich. 
| Has y on cold wil mot again|to the dry wea- 
soils. prevail asithas|ther in June, 
already appear-|whieh affected 
ed jn the early|the germination 
varii the seeds. 
12 |A full average Notmuchgrown|Below an aver-| Very bad. Quite a failure, | Pasture very |An abundant se ebd Re early sown|— GREY, 
crop will be se-in this neigh- age. short. crop and well crop. good; the late d Hall. 
cured in a few GRE ;apar- secured, bids fair for a 
[tial e crop if the sea- 
Son serves, 
13 [Very good gene-|About an aver-|Not quite an|This is quite a|Short in straw|First crop abun. Rather light. be present look-| Very indifferent i tonii 
rally, both in|age; very much|average, butbet- Bean ^ county;|but well corned,|dant; ^ second ng healthy; the|the fly attacke 
Corn ES straw.|improved thejter just herethey are short crop very light. first or f carly many; andwhere 
) of the last month, unes on what is|both in straw crop yield well,|there full 
light Tea near| med Fou and com; in There are not| pietate di not 
Northampton Barley land. [some places they a great many|grow well. 
rather light, will scarce pro- grown here, 
duce the Seed 
again. 
14 In this neigh-Light and below very light erop|With very few|In most cases Much improved Crops light but|Looking well in|Turnipsofallde-|— R. Hopaxin- 
bourhood the] an average. |and ripening|exceptions, very|very light, and since the late| wellgot,  |the tops.  The|scriptions much sow, Morton 
jem gis very uneven]y;light, and mueh|below an aver-|rains, early sort p d d , . East 
sown  Wheats a second ae below an aver-|age. good food, al-jalthough some-|etford. 
are an average having sprung|age, though at pre-|what later than 
crop; the d up since the late sent somewhat|usual looking 
sown not rain, it will be speckled, which promising; many 
good; and the jconsiderably be- has not hitherto|of those which 
n _ grown ow an average, caused any in.|weresown at the 
on Turnip land, and the quality jury. latter end of May 
andusualiysown somewhat indif- and beginning 
from Christmas ferent, Thesame of une, did 
to the latter end. remarks will ge- not vegetate for| 
of March, are, in nerally apply on several weeks. 
most instances, the clay soils, a 
very deficient, short ` distance 
and wil much > from hence, 
rage on the crop. 
15 |This seems to|These are yery|Barleyisslightly|This crop is re-|This crop, al.|Until the last|Thehaycrophas|This crop bids The present ap-|— E. J. LoWE; 
be above an ave- short, and willlbelow an aver-\markably short|though below an few weeks Grass been light. In fair to be great, pearance of | Highfield Houses 
age. In somebe below the bus though thejon the straw,|aver: rage, willwas  becoming|many cases not|and there are no|Swedes, &c., is| Lenton, 
places the straw average. Thele: fields bei turn|scarce, but the|half'an average, symptoms of the|very good, They 
is short. Most|straw also being pretty regular. only 12 or 1dlout better than late rains have|owing to  the|disease ^ which|have come upre- 
fields in 'this|veryshort, The|The straw islinches from the|last year. brought  them|early dry curred well, 
district ^ havelower Oats shed S ground, bl round surpris- tier indeed, the|year. though in some 
|been sheared, before the upper stems are ingly, Fields harvest began localities they 
jand in a few in-|portion are ripe thickly uel that have been|here about thej have at- 
stancesthegrain|enough to cut, with Bean-pods ; mown five or six|lst June. Clover tacked bythe fly. 
hasbeenhoused.and in  conse- but the straw is weeks are now|appears pretty 
Harvest  com-|quence much too short for ver thickly|good, 
Jout a|will be lost, anything like an clothed again, 
fortnight since, average yield, 
16 Average. Average. Average. Deficient. [Little grown in| Fair crops, Fair crops. Doubtful, Average. P RA d 
this part, 0 
17 |A full average| Deficient, (Generally irre- Bad. Average, Abundant. Average, and ge-|Mostly very pro-|Healthy, ^ but —R. Davis, Little 
crop, gular and late, erally well har- mnog : some ofisown too late. |Wenlock, mi 
the late planted Dawley. 
at Wellington. 
