: These strong and look healthy. iy. Mangels: ground, and a large breadth is only now breaking cover, of | оѓ store cattle has reached a figure which will leave little if 
| ae в just m ро Дааа to show itself; we hear some Yeh nothing can as yet be predicted : but it was gene-| any profit for summer ng. This district is suffering 
БЕМ of wireworm already. Alfred S. Ruston. rally sown in a better арон э and more kindly seed- | very much from the cotton mills being stopped, and it is sad 
complain : Llandudno.—lhe Wheat the former—important to al E in а high to see in how many cases the гї rovide 
CAERNAE look well, as also the crops generally. Wê are much degree necessary for the proper culture of Barl еа: . necessary comforts for the hands they employed, and thus 
yon, but on ne whole е crops are considered | look well, and Grasses to excess beyond preceden: drive ет to beg in the rural districts, and through the 
- by the farmers. W. hapman. оше. —— Ferryden Farm, Montrose.—From the Eos newspapers Seek aid in other parts of MAD and—a miserae 
good by Faha graj crops as LA RE vary considerably aecord-| ^ wet winter and early spring, the Wheat crop had suffered | example for the wealthy of Lancashire to set forth. Fra: 
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to the soil, management, ror other circumstances; upon a good deal, but within the last month, under most favour- Twining, Parbold Hall, near Wigan. 
x test soils the autumnal sown Wheats are strong and able Weather, - has picked u b amazingly, and most of it now | LINCOLNSHIRE : Panton, Wraghy.—Wheat : 
health give promise of full crops, but those on the poor looks like rop. Barley, Oats, and Beans are all strong plant, but looking very well Oats: Бод very well, E 
jally if umdrained) are thin on the ground and thick in t e plant and looking remarkably well. А. Bell ring the late time of sowin, Barley: looking well, 
have a weak sick. earance, and nothing short of a Auchneal, Stranraer.—The Wheat and other ts, ans: rather thin, but healthy. R. Рийд, 
fine summer, that у weather with occasional] wi few ptions, look well this season, but very much | Mipn-LorBiAN: Rafho.—In thi S dpt bodrhood (hg Wheat 
showers, can restore the thy and productive con- depends as to the result (in this moist climate) on th is unequal, The early portion has lost colour, S. looks less 
dition ; the same remark may also apply to Oats and other | weather between the harvest. А. Н. M'Clean, May 21. vigorous, with а yellowish tinge, perhaps derived from the 
spring crops. The wet weather in April retarded the spring | GLOUCESTERSHIRE: OChippenham.—The winter Wheat in this| frost which prevailed a week ago. The later Wheat has а 
| work so much, that many acres of Oats and Barley were not neighbourhood is fast recovering from the effects of the deeper, darker colour, and is not as yet checked, The whole 
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sown before the middle of May,and late sown crops are| excessive rain which fell in March and April, and caused a «ор isnotso promising as could be wished. Barley gene- 
seldom very productive. The fine weather in February, and yellow colour. Its present appearance promises an average rally i i ‚ which in 
` tbe condition of the land being good at that time, the growers стор with early harvest. The spring Wheat and other corn many fields look faint, with some symptoms of being 
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early P. were induced to plant very extensively, (in great part) was sown much later tl usual, and the affected with grub or wireworm. Beans are vigorous anm 
and upon any well sheltered land where they escaped frost | Turnip land being much trodden Sith Eh the pod in wet| healthy. Grass pow and pastures very full. 
they will be early and productive, but on damp,soils many weather late in the spring, has worked unkindly, and | Мохмостнвивк: Llansantffraid, Abergavenuy.—The sunshine 
sets rotted in the ground and. some were severely injured by Tequned much labour. Still with the late fine showersthe| of the first fortnight of May improved the Wheat in this 
fost; many acres bave only recently been planted, and rn has come up quick with a strong nd but the effects | neighbourhood so much that there is now every appearance 
although not so early, will most likely prave the best crops, or w wireworm visible in some үрер, Alto; er the general | of a good crop, bet! qm certainly than there has been for the 
| Tastures are good. зат AM Ma appearance ofthe spring grain аа ур tlan erg last two ар not Эг an opinion as to the 
| бовхжАш.: Tregoose, Feock.—The Wh are'looking ге ma bier раш, of early Grass pie Ў the fine crop of last | general crop о f Bari arle, for the abundant root crop has 
| well Barley and Oats were s later than usual, year's roots, the pue stock are wi — off. Stiles Rich, Didinarton. | Caused the Barley sowing to be so unusually late, that in ` 
| ence of the rains, but pets m. uickly, and are n Cine ester, — Аз re: eem nerop, I have nothing to | some places itis not eve i now finished. Some gr bad early 
і looking well. Тыгеже hich we have ае HYS PAER mplain of, ex хоер th Жуз growth of the Wheat | sown Barley in this fred neighbourhood does n 
very beneficial Jno. Mi gor. E 1 Los abis The Wheats in 20е is too forw spl А, Үү in colour, and it will жу promise well. Н ей 
are lookin eti ough in во tances rather thin. be in ear the first week hes if not before—that is, the | NORFOLK : Browick, ac S May 91.—The past dry 
; owing to t| ШАШ was tilled l late, but ido oh has| autumn sown. I have nished sowing Mangels, a| summer and pe MA tace mbined with a very fine o pring, 
been rapid, апа it has received v ry little c eck. Theearly| month A ше than rM i Nem of the wet sprin; VAN to produce one ofi d bulkiest crops on record. 
sown Oats are making great progress, Th Tuo general коа upon unusually deep autumn tillage by steam. power. heat crop is, with a few exceptions, a full plant, with the 
ance of the fields, orchards, and gardens was never more came е а from London yesterday, and I у жй) а large usual quantity of acres ess as we adhere to the 
g. Wm. Treth proportion of yellow, су 109 ooking Wheat оп both sides the | course system. Th rly sown looks very A ea" 
R : Lothiam Gill, Carlisle, —The Wheat crop in this| railway. Charles Laur [кы healthy. I enclose а f gr en of the Browick Wheat, and I 
bourhood promises no more than an average; some | HAMPSHIRE: Bursledon, So beer crop is| have several acres like it. The later sown also looks well, 
are аз promising as can w р "Us but some have| various; оп the cold soils dior, o on у- 44. dpromising;| but T féar іб wil suffer from over luxuriance. The Barleys 
| suñered from wireworm or other much as to wm on the whole an average crop may be expected. The harvest | arelooking well, both the early and late sown, and promise 
з plant so thin as to reduce the prospects B the whole as t also may be with fine VE rather before the average | to produce a large quantity of straw. Оаёв are but little 
bulk. The crops of Barley and Oats look as well as could be period. Oats are very good beue early sowh, but а large| grown here. Peas and Besns promise well and are very 
wished, and the weather is highly favourable. IV. Е. James, pu of the crop having bee: wn late M beso well| forward. I have seen several fields of Peas in full bloom ; 
May її depended upon, although it зва k кА др 9 uickly. Barley is| the young layers are making rapid progress, but there is a 
DEVONSHIRE : Bouthpetherwyn, La fon Tha Wheat plant is —€— Mer late, and pium therefore, be pronounced as| great want ofplant in many of them. The young Beet are 
{ most promising, and should ОШ, n prove favourable an | unlikely to yield an average crop of malting quality.—Peas| showing in rows, and promise to come to the hoe in good 
early and abundant harvest of Wheat may reasonably be | and Beans i looking well at present, but it is too early to | time. We continue to have very fine growing showers here, 
ity of rain that fell in March | anticipate the crop. e planting of Potatoes has been much i ied with an almost midsummer sun, must 
greatly retarded the spring tillage ( y soils | delayed, gud d ina prospeat for аатор inished ру. Cro force all vegetables уе! mpidly to maturity, and verify th. 
) апа had a most disastrous effect, nd work- | „of Grass or fodingand ior hay bundant. Joseph Blundell. | old ad hat May should come in with 
ing badly, and the Barley sown so very late that it would be —- P p» rren, Basi The Wheat crop in this a t ear. Ishall have some very near if not 
say any more than that at present it is looking | neighbourhood is various, | mu enerally speaking, ite in ear by the last day of May, which with fair weather 
under circumstances as well as can be бейи for| looking well, that sown after Turnips ог crops looking | must come early to harvest; but we have a large quantity of 
the dry good Barley lands I never saw a better prospect. | yellow and et hs many places, has RE m wire-| later sown here, which now looks full a month behind th 
The Oat crop is generally speaking looking well. T are| worm. and will be short of an ave ; more verage|  Wheats I allude to. Róbert Banham. —Plumstead House, 
aware neither Peas nor Beans are ууп here to any extent. breadth sown. LM Summer corn ipod varies ; Made ib deal ofit| Norwich. In this neighbourhood we have the prospect of an 
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оше well ын Азу from the seed time being А "tard which has suffered from the wet weather in March and April | autumnal drought, and was never properly consolida: 
uel Cornish. —— North Milton, Sca. Down, ne Thejfalows are very foul and tillage very much bebind,| afterwards. The extent of thin Wheat may be about one- 
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ү vuv Em Wheat plant in this neighbourhood is better which is likely to be injurious to the; root crop. F..Budd.—— | tenth of the whole in this locality (Blofield Hundred); but 
than it has been for three years past. 1 may say ve Hursley Park, Winchester.—I have had a good look over| Оп some of the light and hollow lands of Norfolk, and 
but the sown is less than us ар at and Barley | е [сгорв of corn in this locality, and have gr ure| by the seacoast to the north and east of the county, fü 
pei has been late, owing to the season being very wet, in sta the Wheat is quite as well if not better than I fthe Wheats are a poor аз d thin plant. But even th 
it d Mg well ll according to the time i it has been sown. | have eyer seen it, itis forward, and the land too із very well| have тоет improved within the last month. АП 
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То о resen: thai KUFOR D аз! are looking vi m, as the tillage and sowing wer Я 
DOE ду be good, 7 A a well and ste руи ing lux tly. Beans are loo ig a| forward. А large breadth of Wheat has been planted, 
— бипош, Blandford. dry sound chalk soils Well ti I could wish to see Ard Te Xn Dein iu and a fairextent of Barley ; hardly any Oats, and quite an 
daya und sandy sol jt Te IAS below (i SEU КЕРЕ PHE [PNT а, BRAL араа А PAn fioe акшан арш АГЫ Masi fave din 
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[етте ence. elds are very thin and HEREFORDSHIRE : Brinsop Court, Hereford.— he genial weather planted in a fine order, and the Turnip fallows are in a clean 
TM ve тө gonieral perdon is А2 iti hi o and sickly, has given a great impetus to СЕН Киста in this neigh-| апа forward state. А few very early Swedes are already 
wi stunted. The Barley an. on soun bourhood. Tbe Michaelmas-planted Wheats generally look | sown, but the general planting here does not begin before 
iniy look pretty well, but little p xd фе, P of them | well; the same may be said of the spring-sown, but owin, June. Hay also promises well and keep is abundant; in 
iv ipe: ås they are so very late. will be a fair стор, to the month of March being so wet the latter operation аш fact we have not had so suitable a spring and winter for 
Ж поё во heavy as anticipated sh ул ago, Iputon| Barley planting were retarded, and the injurious effects of | Norfolk for many years. Clare Sewell Read.— —Castleacre Lodge, 
Rb loses DUAL У. - $ Vidit ре cod an and wet аге жеш Од! TAB | Selda aa mug 1 king салар А dd a. М that our crops are looking 
Lorux.— iter Wheat does n: romise an tell at harvest time. ok уу ts ted in|  wellin this rict. John Hud 
crop. On loams it а certain] та and | February very promising. We shall have a heavy A ot hae NOoRTHUMBERLAND: Anick aranga, Мын һат„—Ї never saw the 
jam but on stiff it has rather a yellow colour, while e cider fruit isa deal blighted, but still I think th. arno looking so well wit. Wheat and Oats 
thin le portion of it, particularly after Beans, із very | will be an average crop. P. Norman Edwards. arkably healthy and etica Barley is rather 
on the ground, while a number of fields have been | HERTS : : Highdown, Büchi —I think I must say that all the ids Grass is abundant, p ai wo now require 
сч up aes and resown with Mh Spring quine crops in our neighbourhood are very pro ng. The Litus weather. Thos. P. Dods.—— The autumn-sown Wheat 
hee чй ly good, and it oceu breadth. heat I think, e here ТА, Шавь it is id has s 
iros quent rains and igh temperature ard Dye much in| certainly looking better us AR еви атар ) 
and пае ADR mdi апа Oats, which have all 2 Dep the sol thick larly тоу for them. rd Bari Ls also $ 
з generally was wet below, ud they а тата ue to req den is S Sorgen , po. bed soils Ther 
ле and heat for а p быа Ж. result. P Edd is looking rather yeliow and sickly, but nevertheless we may 
jas "pmo ате and will probably be much above : safely ly expect a full average. The Oats аге think generally 
M dé wi e are most luxuriant. May 921. Beans have grown iii are just showin; 
Wheat crop. is Aa Un EU nies cid of s bs oW -buds. Winter Beans are blooming freely. Josep 
Quero it has А u of drilled, and nitrate | KENT y artin И Dover, — о nes L in quen. 
P Dia yv rg appliéd. братан Ын Wheat now measures M generally speakin Web though 
flag leaf. аза. ои iier the ground to the point of the there js herb ar and there à bad "n The s spring corn also Í i 
кч ан „Oats in clay land have come up| consider good ; and Года soma 958. 2 A ia аре e rains prospec 
КУ, bu! ip b very growing weather, р last DA a ave ILS it on nicely. eas look а 
W. Sadler, eter 05° in the , ani ORALE ат роне. Md з, notwii an 
Essex : Romford.—The Whea; i and good р m ER Кы Везе ма оока теғу маара al х ие дш earof grave coi id 
M d riant grow 1 we. p 
[P the Kt, but. now ut us бте m с КО шпон iom gà [as on where drainage ma; 
Beans and [Ay Nod одб Hal sie а ed rea ery much ааба pond гап average for the season, though their seed-time was 
Farm, May 90. b, so ar VERDE бта have тану быу ыу also delaye iere we can scarcely calculate 
RE м — Anama Wh Я on n it m iow. lc і КИ E had 9 lover haa dea d from б 
heavy land. very pror t some аар pla i е‹ crt ЕТ m Kn A CR езт ot oodhouse, 
РАЧИ. па Barley Ке сарн. ni TX Biss ik abe lc vel ops i this neighbour PEE iude. Wi Mio Ва gato 
4 and. Me cd sown are ) us 
loniae Pom th ma ое о Ж ue. Potaiee ofw lees, | land is naturally drained, good and forwand for 
and well plar d eat is of the usual breadth coming very rx y RT Balle "eA to К E P bn erdt à here the asd is heavy and undrained, or only 
looks weh Odd 1 vise. {оо much rain. Barley Et in a short time, as the late crops are ly drained, it is suffering from the long continuance of 
John. Morlon. ook well whére not destroyed by grub. above ground to be able tos state Aa ма Grass [| wet westher, and does not promise well Oats sown ear 
| Poreansume: Mains others, do not ever remember so much at this |! Фр dry land look well, but а deal was put in very 
from а г Ж a 9f K —Wheat: Although bios wel never last Баг о much at any time in the | and in bad order. It must be a particularly {ауош 
| âutümn sown Wheat Jo wot ot host, qu qun winter and spring, | pastures, and meadows are very promising, if the weather | Summer to b em to an ay yield. Fog H the 
Ret its colour havin well planted, early and ара UR E Should continue to be suitable, [npe dun: ear] ITA keeps its colour, and is Кул ч the 
i it is less us à tendeney to yellow wescarcely need fear. Gooseberries will be few һе caterpillar |. за been put in iate, though it came up 
excess of morer s ce according to soil, p uw Ed eT qo eg Apple trees do not look very promising, equally ое te Bar T and is suffering much from 
ture at tha roots "E посоматју from too low a temp 8 great deal of bloom banag fellon of. В. Robinson = | Же em ie ote I hopeit may soon xix but 
bad above it would a d е te ra peoportera pir Wigan.—It must be un A Midget ihe sou keeper pearance at present is unfavourable. Althoug 3 
Фу warm woathes i, netese 1 уе been worse: as it is, wi! portion of North Та crops do not now |. es and war s, the appearance 0 
ў : may prove a full стор S t асе Ту cet elds sown after | fho wie в has c і worse wit 
j NES - Soils 100) ее ог Swedes have been eni rtis these 10 d x оте ан ven 
s it р soils with Oats or Barley, and others are too thin to fill up well, but Beans are thinly planted and 
| а make ар. д) me very ргошїзїп 0n, Wheat: looking well, but 
$ late comy i where sown thick; the excessive w dry weather. Barley: uneven, owing 
April, consequen | | wants wa id сафе owing to 
Сер бп dr) Roll and Ref иша casse much Wheat to be sown when the land| so. much wet and cold. : very Pea eas: good. 
ed out the plants, in bad condition, andis now telling a sad tale. Beans, | Winter Beans 
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a general ras Fr Ва of "thé last few. yum. P dion. teg В. Bul 199b отс {0 so much rain, and the root crops will be 
; the early || sively set, and though no Rot so елу as could have been wished, жы Жее Jum olt уот "S 
it has been in the || are coming up dy. Gross isabundant, and the price | ROXBURGHSHIRE: Jédburgh,— Wheat, 50 far as it nas соше up, 
