The English agricultural correspon dent of the " Witness," writing on Octo ber 31, says :—As I write, the long; period of rainy weather (five months in duration) which we have experienced appears to be at an end. At any rate we have had a respite for a few days, and appearances are indicative «f frost rather than of rain. There is no security, however, and as likely as not the rain may be pouring down again by the time that this lettot' is put into ihe post-box. The barometer and all signs of the weather have been "ab sea " during this extraordinary sea son. Time after lime we went to bed under a clear star-lit sky (with a roof in tervening for most of us), and woke to see the rain pouring down. For live we;iry } months we have suffered under a watery infliction almost without precedent. I believe it is no exaggeration to say that there was only once during the period a dry spell of more than three consecutive days, and that was when we had ten days of fine weather in September, a priceless boon which enabled farmers in the early districts to get up most of their corn. At the beginning of this week there were considerable Quantities ofl corn still un harvested in the North of England, and probably the fields are not wholly cleared even now. As for potatoes and mangels, which should be safely stored by this time, there is touch to be done before they will be all out of the way of possible frost. The land has been in such a boggy condition that caL-t ---ing over it has been hardly possible, and quite impossible without doing great damage. Consequently tew farmers have attempted to cart their mangels, and many have most of their late potatoes to secure. Wheat-sowing has hardly been begun, and unless we have an exception ally fine November, winter will be upon us before all the land intended for wheat has been planted. The heavy soils are quite unworkable at present where they have been ploughed, and some of them will not become workable until they have been touched by frost. The best chancu of getting wheat sown quickly is where the land has not been ploughed, as the harrows will work closely behind the ploughs after a few dry days. 