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rity adopted inoculation, Avith the most satisfactory results ; in sheep stock 

 braxy more prevalent than usual among hoggs. Clip of wool, quality ex- 

 cellent, and quantity above average. 



Stirlingshire (Western District).— "^^Hieat, none groAvn. Barley, 33 

 bushels. Oats, 34 bushels ; straw rather short ; some heating in the stack, 

 from the weather being close and damp ; seed sown, 4 bushels. Harvest 

 began about 24th August, or three weeks earlier than last year. Hay, 1^ 

 tons ; fine quality, secured in good condition. Meadow hay about the 

 same as last year, and well secured. Potatoes, 8 tons ; excellent quality, 

 and little disease ; not aware of any entirely new varieties having been 

 planted. Turnips, 18 tons ; brairded well, and a fine crop generally ; good 

 quality. No damage by insects, and little or noiie by weeds. Pastures 

 much the same as last year, except on light soil, where it was injured by the 

 drought. Stock throve very well towards the end of the season ; no disease. 

 Clip of wool quite up to the average, both in quantity and equality. 



Stirlingshire (Eastern District). — Wheat, 36 bushels ; the quality of 

 both grain and straw is superior to last year, and the quantity a little over 

 last year on carse land, and about the same on dry fields ; 3 bushels is the 

 quantity generally sown. Barley, 36 bushels ; quality better than last 

 year; but owing to the warm foggy weather after it was harvested, a con- 

 siderable number of stacks were slightly heated, which has deteriorated the 

 quality ; straw about the same in c^uantity, and superior in quality to last 

 year; 3 bushels are generally sown. Oats, 27 bushels; quality inferior, 

 owing to being prematurely ripened ; straw shorter than it has been for 

 many years ; in several cases it was with ditficulty that it could be bound 

 into sheaves, on account of its shortness ; in the later districts the crop was 

 fully better than last year ; 4 bushels are generally sown. Harvest began 

 about ten days earlier than usual. Hay, 27 cwt. — about the same as last 

 year ; it was secured in fine condition ; there was a good proportion of clover 

 on carse land, on dry land it was rather deficient ; the dry weather reduced 

 the quantity of the aftermath very much. No meadow hay grown. 

 Potatoes — Regents, 9 tons ; much superior to last year ; Champions suffered 

 from the continued drought, and may be estimated about 6 tons ; there was 

 no disease; no new varieties were planted to any extent. Turnips — swedes 

 fully 18 tons — very fine equality ; yellows — about 15 tons ; the latter sufi"ered 

 considerably from the dry weather ; the crop brairded well, and no resowing 

 was required. No injury by insects or weeds. On dry bottom soils, pastures 

 were much burned up, on deep land there was an average growth. Stock 

 did very well on land where there was a full bite. Cattle and sheep were 

 free from disease, with the exception of some cases of pleuro amongst dairy 

 cows. Clip of wool, about an average. 



FiFESHiRE (Eastern District). — Wheat, 38 bushels ; straw, 1^ tons ; 3 

 bushels sown ; quality of grain and straw better than last year. Barley, 36 

 bushels ; straw, 1 ton ; seed, 3 bushels ; quality of grain and straw better 

 than last year. Oats, 34 bushels ; straw, 18 cwt. ; crop suffered from drought, 

 but secured in better condition than last year. Harvest about fourteen days 

 before the usual time. Hay, 1^ tons, well mixed with clover ; cj^uality 

 good — about the same as last year. Meadow hay, scarcely any grown. 

 Potatoes, 6 tons ; much better than last year ; no disease ; no new varieties 

 planted. Turnips, 18 tons ; better quality than last year ; crop brairded 

 well ; no resowing required. No injury by insects. In some fields of oats 

 and liarley the crop was injured by " skellochs," but generally no damage 

 was done. Pastures, growth under an average ; quality good. Stock throve 



