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quantity and quality ; straw rather shorter ; seed, 4 bushels. Harvest 

 commenced at or about the usual time, the last week of August. Hay 

 about an average crop, 2h tons. No meadow hay. Potatoes, an average 

 crop of 9 tons, and comparatively sound; about 1-| ton more than last 

 year; of the new varieties most planted was the Hero, as yet the best 

 disease-resisting potato; takes about 15 cwt. seed. Turnip crop, 20 tons; 

 rather under last year's crop, owing to dry weather in the month of June 

 causing a slow braird ; re-sowing necessary in some cases on account of 

 drought. No injury by insects. In some cases wild mustard injured the 

 crops. Pastures of average growth. Stock throve well, and were free from 

 disease. Clip of wool an average. 



Berwickshire. — Wheat, 27 bushels ; quality indifferent ; straw about 

 250 stones ; seed about 3 bushels. Barley, 31 bushels ; moderate quality ; 

 discoloured by weather ; straw about 190 stones ; seed about 2| bushels. 

 Oats, 39 bushels ; quality average, but grain discoloured by weather ; straw 

 about 190 stones. Harvest about ten days later than usual, and the 

 weather was generally very broken. Hay crop, quantity average ; quality 

 good; say 2 tons. Meadow hay crop not so productive as last year. 

 Potato crop — Champions, say 6 tons ; Beds, say 4 tons ; comparatively free 

 from disease. Regents a failure from disease; some "Hero" and "Magnum 

 Bonum " were planted. Turnip crop fully two-thirds less than last year in 

 regard to swedes, and one-half as regards whites and yellows. Swedes, 

 say 8 tons; whites and yellows, say 16 tons; crop brairded badly, being 

 damaged by frost; several sowings required, on account of failure of 

 previous sowings. No injury by insects, and none by weeds. Pastures 

 good, being fully average. Stock throve indifferently, owing to wet weather 

 and frosty nights. Foot-and-mouth disease was prevalent among cattle and 

 sheep. Wool, average quality and quantity. 



Roxburghshire. — No wheat. Barley, 30 bushels ; quantity sown from 

 2| to 3 bushels ; grain light, and deficient in colour and quality ; straw 

 about the same as last year in quality, but not in such abundance. Oats, 

 36 to 40 bushels ; quantity sown from 4| to 5 bushels ; grain and straw 

 the same as the barley. Harvest began the first week of September, 

 about a fortnight later than usual. Hay, quality and quantity better. 

 No meadow hay. Potato crop, disease began in July, but except in the 

 earliest kinds was not bad ; about 12 tons. Magnums planted free from 

 disea.se, but not so good a crop as Champions. Turnip crop, quality good ; 

 about 12 tons. Pastures of average growth and quality; stock throve well, 

 and were free from disease, except colds among horses. Clip of wool rather 

 above average. 



Selkirkshire. — No wheat. Barley, about 28 bushels, very mucli like 

 last year, but grain very deficient in colour, and i)rice much below average ; 

 seed about 3 bushels. Oats, a full average cro]), 30 to 33 bushels, and where 

 well secured of fine quality. Harvest about third week of August, and wa? 

 irregular, as on the later parts of the county the crop was damaged h} 

 weather, while on some high farms it was very well secured, and both straw 

 and grain are of fine <[uality. Hai-vest commenced about the usual time, 

 liom the 12tii to the 15th August. Hay crop from 1 to 2 tons, scarcely so 

 well made as last year; ryegrass and clover in fair proportion.<5. Meadow 

 liay also an average crop, although not so productive as last year; well 

 secured in many cases, in others not so well, as weather was unsettled. 

 Potatoes a good crop, about 4 to 5 tons; part diseased, but le.'^s so tlian last 

 year; no newer varieties than Ciiami)ion and Magnuiu Pionuni, as they are 

 still proving well. Turnij) cro]) irregular, and on the whole under average, 

 as the e-\tia rainfall stopped their growth except on very dry soils. The 



