Farmer and stockbreeder . ts look well. A good deal of barleyhas been laid. Mangels were very dirty where a plant was ob-tained. Swedes lack growth through want of good breadth of turnips is still to be sown. A few eiirly pieces of rye and winter oats arecut,- and harvest will be in general next week. Store cattle, especially bulling heifers, aredearer than ever, which must make milking cowsvery dear later on. Sheep have done well, inspite of the wet, and continue to make big prices. Store pigs are very scarce and steadily gettingdearer. July 28. C. V. W. CARMARTHENSHIRE (E.)—BAD HAYMAKI
Farmer and stockbreeder . ts look well. A good deal of barleyhas been laid. Mangels were very dirty where a plant was ob-tained. Swedes lack growth through want of good breadth of turnips is still to be sown. A few eiirly pieces of rye and winter oats arecut,- and harvest will be in general next week. Store cattle, especially bulling heifers, aredearer than ever, which must make milking cowsvery dear later on. Sheep have done well, inspite of the wet, and continue to make big prices. Store pigs are very scarce and steadily gettingdearer. July 28. C. V. W. CARMARTHENSHIRE (E.)—BAD HAYMAKINGWEATHER—LIVE STOCK TRADE Owing to the very wet and cold weather for thelast two months slow i^rogress is being made, aswe get only two days a week tine. Hay crops arefairly good, while grass is very good. Wheat is very good, but oats and barley aremoderate owing to the wet and cold look well, and promise to be a goodcrop. There will be little autumn fruit. Cattle of every sort are making good Ihoto hyi Delivering Hay over a France at Grange i^artn, Tring 185<3 THE FABMEB AND STOCKBREEDEB Sheep and lambs are selling well, and are makingmore money tlian the control price. Wool is also selling well, making 101b. per than the previous j-ear. Julv 28. S. A. T. CORRESPONDENCE THE GOVERNMEWT AND AGIUCDLTUBE Sir,—That the condition of agriculture inl-Ingland just now is very serious there can be nodoubt; the improvements and alterations thatc-an be brought about ito make this most import-ant industry a success, both in the eyes of theagriculturist and the town consumer of agricul-tural pi-oduce, will not in any way immediatelypopularise the Government that does Mr. Clynes has said that the possibilityof clieap food can only arise after a year or ifwo,and then only by very hard work on the part ofthe food producers of the world. From theagriculturists point of view surely it would bebetter to slack and get good prices for a year
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