THE HARV ES T PRO SPECTS .
Estimates o l ' !i rv -st fr ••»! 70 correspondents thr< n mmt -us-ex. Surrey, Kent. an .> hir ,a - published by tbe South-rn Weekly Yews, Brighton. lhe general opinion is much depends on the weather of the next tew weeks, but that under the most favorable condition the wheat will not exceed an average crop, ati<t barh«y but slightly Oati iv many places are a splendid crop, of exce.---'e-.t quality. The harvest commenced a week ago, and wil soon be general. Hay was almost unprecented in quan tity, but -.reatly injured by the rain, and much it still out. Koots promise well, except potataes. Hops almost a total failure, but the present brilliant weather will save some. Some tarmt- hope the year, on the whole, will be a moderate success ; others, chiefly in hop districts, hold an opinion quite the reverse. The per centaere of estimates is ai follows ; — wheat, average 59, over the average, 2:1, under the a-erage, 18; barley, average 61, over the average 28, u» der tbe average 1 1; oats, average 51, over the average 37, under the average 12.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 29, 23 September 1882, Page 3
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189THE HARVEST PROSPECTS. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 29, 23 September 1882, Page 3
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