Tho present aspect of the country is very discouraging to tho fanners, the long continued drought having materially affected tho crops, and, as thoio in nlrtwly a good deal of it in the oar, if rnin doer, not full soon tho harvest prospects will bo very poor. Tho lator crops, indeed, Boem to bo fading away, and tho pnsturo is fast disappearing undor tho dry scorch ing winds. Tho ploughing up of grass lands is lioing vigorously procoodod with, which relievos tho dulnoss at this period of tho year. Shoop-shoaring is now com menced at tho Horse Gully, whoro (through tho kind permission <>f Mr Cameron) all tho shoep in this loci 'ity aro shorn— somo 13,000 or 14,000. But tho great difficulty lies in getting tho wool conveyed to Onmarn, tho working of tho Railway Department boincr very unßatisfao tory as regards arrangements for trucks, and the wool having, in consequence, to ho stowed away under tarpaulins, at tho liik of, and to tho groat inconvonionco of tho owners. I nni, indeed, credibly informed (and I I'oliovo you will sob) that tho old mode of transit is to bo put in force, viz., by drrying it, to save time «nd bother. For somo unaccountable reason this lino has novor roceivod tho attontion it de mands, though it has always been rQ portod a good paying lino, if not tho best m tho Colony. < 'no thing is greatly noodod, i.e., small open sliods at the ■idings, with soats for tho convenience of passengers, 'there is nothing to indicato to a strangor tho locality of n stopping place but heaps of rottou straw wliioh had boon used for covering grain ; but I suppose tho maxim of the railway is " When you have got a good friend, take nil out of him you can." I'hcro i.s great grumbling about tho wator-raoe to your town, through its cut! ing up so many paddocks and making a nice lot of little corners.
