August 25, 1860. | 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
districts earlier than our own the question a partments of France, e harvest is bein Wheat now being rea reaped wil 
is the harve est to be got in if we are p hay commen will be more or D aated. should the |T : E, ae a a me sali 
contin inual alternation of rain and sunshin weather not change for the better. Even in sew rains in Holle ed it rains in Holstein, 
eee nee at in the districts to the south-east of | sou ance it has been found difficult to heat harvest is retarded. Rye 
Pari th Foie rain n penetrated the stacks, Darley have su uffered. Ace umts from eios state 
or lpas yarei byt he damp, and th w Wheat | which such unseas and that the Rye 
offered for salei in those markets i is unfit ‘for millers’ weather, wA the ipa Wheat brought to market | and Barley on the pres Ave in Pte of 
use. The hern and western de- | is unfit for storing. It will be long before the | perishing.” 
CPP pA AMOS OF THEE CROP- 
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS, 
atte from Last Week.) 
y F A ROOT HARVEST NAME AND 
COUNTIES. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS BEANS. PEAS POTATOES. GRASS. oo. ERNEA Tas ADDRESS: 
SCOTLAND. z 
ABERDEEN ...... Good; late Full average | Full average. Aia AA Moderately good aie e throughout Turipa exceb| Sept. 20 |W. Hay, Ellon 
© Seaso! ent 
: sere Good Very good re R Health et Prett fair |Gooda e| Sept. EE i Hui 
ELGIN ...sessereee Under average Full pe tapi Average Pees È Toor well Not meta fale, Never r better . Soks — 
Under average | Full average rage Re emarkablyweli| Not plentiful | Very pr D Fo sgo 
. Not rage Very good nae oes oe | Ver ry promi smg Not very good va fine Beging. Sept. |J- Hamilton, Forres 
PERTH... +--+ Probably aver- fiers Not so good as Bulky Bulky bine oh st a Light Almost univer- list week Sept. , Strathearn 
age on the whole dues ting clays promised ral Ly gooi ee 
FORFAR iseset Thin ; not aver- ia generally Very good Good Hay light; pas-| Turnips pro- | Verybackward|Alex. Bell, Ferryden 
"age ture well eaten | _ mise well weather Farm 
FIFE ....--20eees ut P Se Over average | Good; average |Bulky enough Irregular Rather under pr eek Sept. |G. Edie, King’s Kettle 
a average ing 3 
E AAR Under average | Over average | Over average | Over average Full average Much over |1st week Sept.|J- Hislop, Midealde 
average 
EAST LOTHIAN ..| Full average; | Over average; Unequal Bulky ree Average ; Very poor Very fine End Aug. |G. Hope, Drem 
late bulky healthy si $ 
RENFREW ......--| Under average ther over |Scarcely average nee ee About average Middle Sept. |J- Gardiner, Neilston 
Under average Bulky Full average Under average Good Sap oa Sept. 11 |Geo. Boyd, Renfrew 
LANARK... iito Scarcely averag good Good Good Average Scarcely (2d week S wid Gai , Hamile 
average 
SELKIRK ...,---, Below average | Full average | Below average | Scarcely Scarcely Lookin, ey Greatly de: ‘Above average| Sept. 10 |J. Stalker, Galashiels 
wo bas rove ‘ 
R dase Under Good. average Very pro- Vari oie very goed ‘Jannet, Irvine 
a + g : 
BERWICK .....-»-| Under average | Average Avera Avera; Average Ave’ ist week Sept. |G. Logan, Stitchell 
2s (ata eee foe oe Pn hans tonal pete fs We, cir 
‘uc! provi ery Aver: 001 ‘001 isease e Aug. 27 n, 
'wellheaded ; late ass has aj jppeared. good; apes kj 
hay spoiled 
ENGLAND, 
D AM ian Very bad Good ad Good Good Poor Hay all spoiled Good Sept. 15 |W. Bell, Durham 
ERT Under average | Under average Averag Very Very oa much Abundant Very back- Sept. 10 |John Buckley, Norman- 
i= luxuriant luxuriant ased ward ton Hill 
NORTHAMPT Good erop codon | Overaverage | Abundant |About average Productive: not/One-third badly| Late; but P. Love, Sheep Street 
TE ow ant dy soils sed saved mising wed 
Average Below average Average Average Average Gaur Mro? Plenty Various Cannot say |William Gray, Courteen 
symptoms of hall 
disease 
" _ LEICESTER ARR Average Good Good Over average Good Luxuriant Hay ; mostly Very good Sept. 1 Thomas Spencer, Kno- 
ù AP fede ) 
“WARWICK ........| Under average Average Saddi ’ + Various | REID Tot Ww Gibbs, a 
pai aa Tae aS GEL a. oa Stes a 
GLOUCESTER Quite average shee ier T E Fair Bad | Barly, ade) Be 
~ ls Te | well headed j s oe late, well 3 
Fair” ~ Middling _ Fair Good Good — i A i Good; but hurt 
2 Si 
Average bulk, |Good on Bar Promising | Bulky, but not) aaa Productive, but} Mi te 
but late and un- soils i ia well p eR 
certain corned 
Below average) Better than | Generally light ae eee Promises well |Good hay ; well 
in quaaiity and Wheat i secured 
qual 
Below average Few Middling Pretty good | Pretty good | Much diseased Spoiled 
Not average | Good on light Good Very much Damaged 
soils t blighted 
Under average Averag G Bad Bai A ueh Giod. 5 bik hay Bad ug. 20 [Collinson Hall, Romford 
much damage 
Moderate at Promising Variable Sperm + being Good ty good | August A. Barfield, Dunmow 
seased 
Good ; fall Short Good; late | Notgood; | Extremely bad Abundant ; buti Good August 22 |A. Hardy, Maldon. 
RENT eet Average wig Vi but) Vi pe Great leaf] G a $ Exceedingly | August 27 
aves ufyeees average Vi ui grea’ reat crop ; rea! crop ingly ; n’ 
aad oF goea x TN ee ee ool 
- 8 
DEVON. Thin, but well ivem on all oee n dry PEH Fair Much diseased Abundant Various August 27 |G. Turher, Exeter 
fi LAND filled ear soils 
IRE ees 
aie oe _|Antumn’ sown bigot an |Much improved,| A good pro- | Inferior, even | A tolerably | Promising Ist week of |John Andrews, Combet 
nearly an aver- gar in clay a mise; the should the ba EURI hay | but pena A Sept., if then. T 
age; spring sown ry inferi haulm s ens not Trop r ii 
me-fourth under abundant | esi kue 
avi lis now apparen’ nd 
s | generally | y 
MONAGHAN.. .... : Average | Pretty good panes in general} Average Beginning of |Rev, Thos. Middlemiss, 
| t. Cistleblaney 
WESTMEATH .... Go | EE UN | Going Jood George Bagnall, Milton 
| | | 
Middling | Good; but late Good | é | Greatly da- Very good 
| | maged | 
| Fair Very fine ASA D Blight appearing} Good 
rags | Average ye FA Very fine Heavy J 
Bi " Wa iki `., o | Good ;. perfect |.Good on early 
TYRONE .....--.. .| Not average Deficient One-third defi- is sil Dopetent As: 
y cient 3 mide 5 toe 
LIMERICK ......../Not_so good as} Very Better than for PER z Fair; but stalks} Very good 
last year years now blighted pe 
KILKENNY Good Good Average | Pasay ees Holding on well Good 
WEXFORD.. mis jise Not good, and Good | Promises well 
Average Very good Average á [sonaba 
TIPPERARY ...... Good Good . wie . jou Good 
Po iS PRS Good ; little Good Average dex - magn eo Short 
s 
d hard and ` the itsel 
BURGESS AND KEY’S REAPER. urse of the hens whole day of our use of the reaper, the groumm firm, reaper 
I Witr, with your permission, canoes = narrative a the plan which I then adopted and which I detailed | clogged, newly oiled a sar sharp. It at era 
my use of Burgess & Key’s reaper fro point at my previous letter. ta asa certainly was | im prenar to have z re > paS 
which my former letter (see pa peda mhich you did | favourable to the success © of the trial except the total | cumstances ou raged ; id 
me the favour to publish i the last Number of the | inexperience of myself and at y men. For the day laying up skill and " practice reer tee 
, left my experiments. was hos, naer A ay Bo was of fair et ote and the difficulties when they come, an have had 
its roots; raw Isp, | aireaay 
All difficulties of any importance vanished in the | well u 
