THE ENGLISH HARVEST.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 153, 30 November 1874, Page 3

THE ENGLISH HARVEST.

The Daily News (August 26th) observes that the work of the harvest has by this time made such good progress that its results may be spoken of in the language of certainty. The crop is unquestionably very heavy, and a large proportion of it is of superior quality. Not only have the grain crops been above the average, but they have been gathered with great success. The doubtful weather of the first half of the month did no harm, though it may have stimulated more activity, and the fields have been reaped perhaps more rapidly than in any previous year. Practical agriculturists state that, owing to the dry condition and abundance of the corn, machine thrashing has yielded on an average twice as much as it did last year. The effect of this abundance is seen in the reduced prices of grain. During the last week the fall in English wheat amounted to six shillings per quarter, and in commercial circles it is believed that if the fine weather continues the reduction will make further progress. This effect will be intensified by the abundance reported from all parts of the world. The French harvest, like our own, is a very good one, and is now beyond the reach of variations of the weather. In the South of Russia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Germany, the crops have been heavy, and were well gathered, while Italy has had such a harvest as has scarcely been known before. In the United States the yield is reported as

six per cent above that of last year, and the further fact is stated, on the authority of the Agricultural Bureau at Washington, that an addition of 2,000,000 acres has been made this year to the corn lands. The important harvest of California is mentioned as having been everything that con'd be desired, the the wheat averaging 631 b to Gslb to the bushel. This universal abundance is for us most Just when home stocks were exceedingly low, our own harvest began a fortnight earlier than usual, and with a promise of abundance, which, however inconvenient to large holders of corn, has been a priceless boon to the nation.