NEWS OF TIIE WEEK.
MWO-THIRDS of the English harvest have been got in, and it 1 is by far the most splendid on record, both in quantity and quality. Instead of importing this year much more wheat than we produce, as we usually do, we shall certainly pro- duce much more than we import. The wheat yield of an average year on average land may be reckoned_ at 4 quarters an acre, of which the odd fraction is usually "tail wheat." This year even the light land will yield 51 quarters, and the heavy 6, while the "tail wheat" therein included is exceedingly inconsiderable, if worth mention at all. The average weight a bushel has been usually supposed to be 6111b., but this year it will be at least 671b. The whole crop will not be less than 8,000,000 quar- ters, instead of 6,500,000, which is, perhaps, an average yield. The barley crop is nearly as good as the magnificent crop of last year. The oats are as fine as the wheat, weigh- ing 421b. a bushel, instead of about 361b., as in average years. The beans are rather deficient, though on some Essex land they yield six quarters to the acre. The potatoes are uni- versally quite free from disease, and very good, though some- what small. In Scotland the harvest will only be a full average one ; in Ireland, perhaps at best, only an average ; but, on the whole, we could never say, with more literal truth, "Thou crovvnest the year with Thy goodness, and Thy paths drop fatness."
