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ferent ; much injurry was done by the grub-worm in winter, and the eavs 

 in general are fliort. The barley and oats were dying daily before rain 

 arrived, but are now much refrertied, thougli none of them can Ije bulky 

 at harveft. The fpring was favourable to the water naadowb, which 

 now carry a large crop. Turnips, early fown, were all deflroyed by the 

 fly, the greatell enemy to that vi;luable root. We commonly here fovsr 

 them broad-call, but I have been in the habit of drilling for many years. 

 It is believed that the country is pretty full of ilock, cfpecially of 

 (heep and Iambs ; but fat beads are fcarce. This will excite no wonder, 

 when it is conlidered that all our fleets in tbe Channel, and on the French 

 coafl:, are fupplied v.ith live Itock from Portfrnouth ar.d Plymouth. 

 Beef, at prefent, is worth from 12s. to 14s. per icorc ; Mutton, in 

 market, 8d. per lib. ; Lamb and Veal much t^ie fame. Our flieep fairs 

 •are jull beginning. At Dorcheiler, on Friday, few people attended ; 

 fo no judgement can as yet be formed of the prices. JLittlc wool \d 

 fold yet, though the article is expefted to advance. * 



Letter from a Ftirmcr in JVales, jfuly 15. 



* Since I wrote you in April, the weather has beta favourable, and 

 vegetation extraordinary rapid, which gave us at once a great flufli of 

 grafs. The demand for cattle was, of courfe, as great as ever known 

 here, though lately matters are at a fland, and prices on the drop. 

 Ewes and lambs fold briikly in the beginning of the feafon, but this 

 did not continue long ; for fuch lambs as latl year were worth 2cs., 

 will not now bring more than 14s. 



Corn crops on the ground make a good appearance. Oats and barley, 

 particularly on clay foils, vi^ere much llinted before the late tains, but 

 are now greatly recovered ; and if we have a favourable harveft, a faving 

 crop may be expedcd. The early fown turnips, owing to the dry 

 weather in June, failed in many places ; but the latterly fown ones have 

 come up well, and promife to make a good crop. The bay fields give 

 a good return, and a great part of the produce is fecured in proper con- 

 dition. Potatoes are excellent. ' 



Northumberland ^larterly Report. 

 The fcarcity of food, fo much complained of in the latter end of 

 April, was reheved by the weather fetting in fine and frefh in the be- 

 ginning of May ; and a quick vigorous vegetation immediately fucceed- 

 ing, and co'.itinuing for fome weeks, made the pallures remarkably good, 

 and, upon the old grafs lands, the hay crop aburidant. The caie is o- 

 therwife with the clovers, which are not only deficient in plants, but the 

 few that are, have not grown with their ufual luxuriance. This defi. 

 ciency is fuppofed to have been occafioned by the cold and wetneis of 

 tjie fpring months. » 



The turnips were in general put in with a fufRcient degree of moif- 

 ture ; and, of courfe, they came very well, efpecially thofe fown the 

 treginning of June ; but many of the early fown were much iujured, by 

 the fly deftroying the feminal leaves, which occafioned feveral crops to 

 Ij^e fown over aff^^-r But a worfe enemy (the fmall black caterpillar) 



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