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Potatoes, 9 tons ; yield rather over last year ; quite free from disease ; 

 some parts of the earlier kinds showed a little second growth. Turnip 

 crop, 18 tons ; quality equal to last year ; brairded well ; only one sowing ; 

 bulbs smaller, owing to extreme drought. Some places were affected with 

 mildew and green fly ; damage rather more than usual. Some parts showed 

 a considerable quantity of yellow weeds. Pastures under the average. 

 Stock did rather indiflerently, owing to dry season, but were quite free 

 from disease. Average clip of wool ; quality good. 



Berwickshire. — Wheat, 33 bushels ; 250 stones straw ; grain above 

 average in quality ; straw rather over average in quality ; seed, 3 bushels. 

 Barley, 42 bushels ; 140 stones straw ; grain and straw of good quality ; 

 seed, 2h to 3 bushels. Oats, 45 bushels ; 150 stones straw ; grain iine 

 quality, straw good quality ; seed, 4| bushels. Harvest a week earlier than 

 usual. Hay, 210 stones of 14 lbs. ; well harvested, and quality extra good. 

 Meadow hay, very little grown. Potatoes, large crop, say 8 tons ; no disease. 

 Turnips, 16 tons ; swedes a good crop ; green top yellow rather a poor 

 crop, owing to drought ; only one sowing required. No injury by insects 

 or weeds. The pastures were considerably atfected by the drought, and 

 were under average growth, but the quality was good. Stock throve well, 

 and were free from disease ; wool, quality good ; quantity about average. 



EoxBURGHSHiRE. — Wheat, 28 bushels, fine quality ; above average in 

 straw and grain. Barley, about 32 bushels ; a large proportion deficient in 

 colour, but good weight; straw about average bulk. Oats deflcient both in 

 straw and grain ; about 27 bushels ; the season too dry for oats. Harvest 

 about ten days earlier than average of seasons. Hay, the crop scarcely 

 so good as last year, but very well got ; about 1 ton 7 cwt. Meadow hay 

 scarcely so bulky as last year, but generally well got. Potatoes, a large 

 crop, good quality ; free of disease ; ranging from 4 to 10 tons. Turnips 

 fully an average crop ; brairded well ; almost no second sowing ; about 18 

 tons. A little damage caused by wet at the latter end of harvest, but 

 no insects. Little damage by weeds ; pastures quality good, but quite 

 under average quantity. Cattle did badly. Sheep were very healthy 

 during the summer months, but a considerable loss among hoggs after put 

 on turnips. Wool, quality good, and about average clip. 



Selkirkshire. — Wheat, none grown. Barley, 26 to 28 bushels ; good 

 quality, and an average quantity of straw ; crop well secured ; 3 to 4 

 bushels sown. Oats, 26 to 28 bushels ; quality good, and in most cases well 

 secured; straw fine quality, but under an average in quantity; 4 to 5 

 bushels sovsm. Harvest began early in August — fully ten days before the 

 usual time. The quantity of ryegrass hay was a full average in quantity, 

 and well made; 1 to 1^ tons. Meadow hay was under an average, owing 

 to the continued dry weather. Potato crop was a full average in quantity, 

 and almost free of disease ; fine quality ; 6 tons. Turnips — this was the 

 most disappointing crop of the year, as on gravelly soils it was much injured 

 by the dry weather, and in such cases will not yield one-third of a crop, 

 but on deep soils the crop will be an average; the crop on gravelly soils 

 will yield from 8 to 10 tons, on deep soils from 18 to 20 tons; the crop 

 brairded very well, and no resowing. No injury by insects. No extra 

 damage by weeds. The pastures during the earlier part of the year were a 

 full average, but when the dry weather set in were completely burnt up. 

 Stock, as can be easily understood, did not thrive after the pastures were 

 damaged by the dry weather; there has been no disease in the county. 

 The wool was a full average both in quantity and quality ; but the price, 

 although a little higher, is still low. 



