Crop Prospects In Europe

w e nave passea inrougn anotne harvest week." says the Mark Lan Express, " without any other difficult; than that of the varied character o the weather ; but there isan immens deal of corn out, and an increase o rain would soon become very serious The new wheat brought as yet to mar ket shows nothing to indícate mor than an average quality and growth some is very troughy and thin, show ing premature ripeness to an extent perhaps, of a fortnight, but some aam pies aro vory good, if without any o the markod superiorities of 1868. 1 oontemporary from the accoun l'urnished estimates the yield at two thirds above the average, and one third about an average or something below it. As throshing proceeds w& shall know more about it ; but after the severe frosts of Juno it is almos marvelous if it comes so fair, as this would show in a dry seoson how low a . temperature may be borne withou' much damage. As to spring corn barlcy stands decidedly first, and some well farmed and favorable soils wil furnish fine samples with a fair yield but tho light lands for all descriptions of corn will go short, and oats can be found at the bottom of the list, though some very fine samples will appear. We have reason, therefore, to be thankful that our fears respecting the drought and the frost have been overwrought, and that any serious deficiency wil only be feit in the hay erop and roots. In France there is great diversity, according to soil, situation, and culture, the harvest there having been threatened or impeded by the rains, although occasionally samples of wheat of great .weight will be forthcoming whatever be the general yield. But forage there has suffered more than here, as well as the oat erop, and the later corn has been rising in the midst of a general decline ; and not only is this so in France but in Belgium and some parts of Germany. Thus with spring corn and forage dear, we do not see how wheat can be much depressed. As to Hungary, her best new wheat has now come down to 51s, but shippers there are aware that it is too mgii too meet our marsets, ana we thiuk matters are coming to this point - that, with favorable weather to complete the European harvest, we may have rates somewhat lower, but not much reducod." . " Of crops in England the Times aays : " Harvest operations are going on actively about Debenham, Suffolk. A large breadth of wheat has been secured, and every kind of grain is cutting up well except wheat. Labor ia abundant in East Suffolk. Our Doncaster correspondent, writing from careful inquiry made on the Doncaster Corn Exchange on Saturday, says that the early harvest is a disappointment. On sand lands and lighter soils generally wheat is much below an average in yield, while barley is in some case barely worth while getting. Nothin can be finer in colór and conditio than these early wheats, but the grai is excoedingly small, and the bulk, o course, proportionately large. This indeed, is the general, report from th liglit land, and in some cases acres o wheat are reported as completly burn up, all the nurture having been drie( out of the plant long ago. From th clays and stronger loams we hear very different report, the wheat plan gonerally being healthy and vigorous and promising an excellent field, wit! imich fineness of quality if well go' Barleys, however, are generally deL cient, short in the straw, and ver small in the ear. Oats, too, are indii ferent on the whole. The rains of th past week or 10 days have been enoug] in this district to assist turnips ver; materially, and also seeds, which are strikingly well and promise a heavy growth. Harvest is general and making rapid progress, the labor market being, with a few exceptions, well supplied, and in a satisfactory condition, thougli farmers have to exercise an amount of firmness hitherto unknown. In the county of Bucks the crops are being rayidly gathered in. The recent very dry weather has burned up the oats and barley in some places, but, taken on the whole, the season is considered a prosperous one. An excellent plan has been. adopted by soveral influential farmers in the county, f giymg the laborera inoney in lieu of beer. The quantity given to each laborer. averages five pinta per day, exclusive of small beer. The value of this will amount to four sh.illings or five shillings per week, which if taken home to a man's family, would, in most cases, be advantageously expended. The system of giving large quantities of beer to boys is a bad one, and leads to evil results."