AGRICULTURE IN ENGLAND.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4565, 6 November 1875, Page 1 (Supplement)

AGRICULTURE IN ENGLAND.

The latter part of July and the month of August have been distinguished by heavy and continued rains, rendering the British harvest one of the wettest on record. The larger portion of the hay has been severely damaged, and some altogether destroyed, while the cereal crops, besides being under the average in yield, are far below the usual mark in quality. It is estimated that the wheat crop will only be equal to about six months' supply, so that half the year's requirements, or about 45 millions of bushels, will require to be imported. The price of Australian wheat keeps steadily at from 7s. 6d. to 7s. 9d. per bushel, and from the prospects of European and American markets promises to be higher. From a paper on grain published by an American company, and copied into the English press, some figures are given showing the relative wheat contributing positions of the various countries from which Great Britain draws her supplies. The latest dates are, however, not more recent than 1872, but they serve to show that a decrease is going on iu the exporting power of some of the sources from which Britain used to look, such as America, while newergrain producing countries, such as Australia, are increasing. Of the chief sources of supply, the United States has fallen from 28,100,839 bushels of wheat, including flour exported to England in 1870, to 17,984,177 bushels in 1872, while British North America has fallen from (5,351,055 bushels to 4.026.71 U bushels in the same period. France, on the other hand, has increased from two millions of bushels in 1870 to eight millions and a half in 1872 ; Russia, from nine millions and a quarter to 33 millions and a half ; Germany, from eight millions and a quarter to nine millions and a half ; Chili, from one million to throe millions ; and Australia, from 172,000 to a little over a million. Tho chief shorthorn sales of the month wore that of Lord Dunmore's draft at Dunmore, Stirling, on 25th August, and tho late Mr. Tori's herd on 2nd September. Tho mail having left on 3rd September, full particulars of the latter sale are not yet to hand. The former lot comprised five Red Roses and three of tho Oxford family ; tho Red Roses, originally bred by Mr. Robert Colling, trace to Rose of Sharon, bought by the Ohio Importing Company of Mr. Bates in 1834. Her granddaughter, Thames, aftorwards passed into tho possession of Mr. Abram Renick, who, using bulls of tho Whitaker ami Bates blood, bred

and exhibited this tribe, and his herd is now acknowledged to be one of the best in America. The Oxfords are the produce of two cows selected from Mr. Sheldon's herd at Geneva, U.S.A., prior to its transference to Messrs. Walcott and Campbell, and these are directly descended from Oxford sth. Three heifers of this branch of the Oxford tribe were sold at the Dunmore sale, 1872, for 3070 guineas, and like these were bred on the farm. The bulls were headed by Duke of Oonnaught, a Young Duchess bull, and Third Duke of Hilllmrst. The following are the particulars : —Cows and Heifers.—Wild Eyes Duchess, red, by Ninth Grand Duke (19879), out of Wild Eyes 19th ; 480 gs. Revelry Bth, red and white, by Grand Duke 4th (19874), out of Red Rosette ; 115 gs. Winsome Eyes 3rd, roan, by Fifth Duke of Wharfdale (26033), out of Winsome Eyes ; 330 gs. Red Rose of the Isles, red, by Airdrie (30305), out of Duchess 3rd ; 1950 gs. Lady Worcester sth, roan, bv Third Duke of Claro (23729), out of Lady Worcester 2nd ; 620 gs. Lady Louisa's Duchess 3rd, red roan, by Cainbridge Duke 3rd (23503), out of Lady Louisa's Duchess Ist ; 105 gs. Lady Worcester 9th, red and white, by Third Duke of Claro (23729), out of Lady Worcester 2nd ; 440 gs. Water Flower, red and white, by Sixth Duke of Geneva (30959), out of Waterloo 38th ; 020 gs. Wild Rose, red and white, by Sixth Duke of Geneva (30959), out of Wild Eyes 26th ; 350 gs. Lady Mary Burdett, white, by Thorndale Duke (27661), out. of Lady Rose Burdett ; 115 gs. Fuchsia 12th, roan, by Duke of Albany, (25351), out of Fuchsia 10th ; 900 gs. Oxford Duchess 2nd, roan, by second Duke of Collingham (23730), out of Eleventh Lady of Oxford ; 1000 gs. Fuchsia 13th, roan, by Duke of Albany (25931), out of Fuchsia 9th ; 650 gs. Lady Worcester 11th, white, by Third Duke of Claro (23729), out of Lady Worcester 3rd; 550 gs. Wild Eyebright, roan, by Sixth Duke of Geneva (30959), out of Wild Eyes Duchess ; 455 gs. Lady Worcester 12th, white, by Eighth Duke of Geneva (28390), out of Lady Worcester sth ; 555 gs. Marchioness of Oxford 3rd, white, by second Duke of Collingham (23730), out of Eighth Maid of Oxford ; 1810 gs. Gwendoline, roan, by Second Duke of Collingham (23730), out of Lady Geneva ; 210 gs. Revelry 12th, roan, by Marquis 3rd (31826), out of Revelry 9th ; 125 gs. Red Rose of Balmoral, red, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Red Rose of Braemar ; 1280 gs. Sparkling Eyes, red and white, by Sixth Duke of Geneva (30959), out of Wild Eyes Duchess ; 350 gs. Lady Worcester 13th, red and white, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Lady Worcester 9th ; 450 gs. Fuchsia 14th, roan, by Duke of Albany (25931), out of Fuchsia 11th ; 360 gs. Revelry 13th, red, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Revelry 4th ; 110 gs. Water Lily, red, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Water Flower 520 gs. Hazel Eyes, roan, bv Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Winsome Eyes 3rd; 400 gs. Blythesome Eyes, red, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Wild Eyes Duchess ; 605 gs. Lady Worcester 15th, red, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Lady Worcester 9th ; 360 gs. Matilda, red and white, by Airdrie Geneva, out of Melody ; 110 gs. Lady Worcester 14th, roan, by Sixth Duke of Geneva, out of Clear Star ; 550 gs. Bulls : Duke of Connaught, roan, by Duke of Hillhurst (28401), out of Duchess 108th by Eighth Duke of York (20409) ; 4500 gs. Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), red, by Sixth Duke of Geneva (30959), out of Duchess 101st by Fourth Duke of Thorndale (17750) ; 3000, gs. Lord of Braemar, red, by Third Duke of Hilllmrst (30975), out of Red Rose of Braemar, Mr. Busby, Australia ; 100 gs. Lord of the Forth, red and white, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Red Rose of the Forth, Canada ;70 gs. Second Marquis of Worcester, red, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (80975), out of Lady Worcester 3rd ; 150 gs. Marqius of Oxford, roan, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Eighth Maid of Oxford ; 300 gs. Fiularig, red, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Selina sth ; 175 gs. Scots Fusilier, roan, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Fuchsia 12th ; 155 gs. Wild Chieftain, roan, by Third Duke of Hillhurst (30975), out of Wild Eyebright ; 60 gs. 24,975 guineas were realised for 39 animals being an average of £672 Bs. per head.