1804. 



Agrtcuhural IntcU'igerice — Scotland^ 



493 



ABSTRACT. 



Letter from a Gentleman mar Perth, 03. 24, 



* Our harveft in this quarter of Perthfhire was as quick as any one 

 on remembrance. Many people linifhed cutting in three, and few ex- 

 ceeded four weeks. Wheat may equal the quantity of laft year, but 

 the quality is much inferior. Barley is dcfcdive both in quantity and 

 quality. Oats kept long back in ripening, and, though much lodged 

 by the rains, appear on the whole to be fuperior to lad year's produce. 

 Potatoes are a full crop. So are Turnips : But lint, of which a great 

 breadth was fown, turns out but poorly at the mill. 



Live ilock continue to bring good prices ; and, from the g -^at plen- 

 ty of heep^ it is probable, that no material change will happen in the 

 remaining part of the feafon, Harveft wages were high. There is a 

 rivalfhip in this county betwixt the manufa£lurer and farmer ; therefore, 

 high wages mull be given, before the weaver can be induced to leave 

 his loom, even during the harveft months. * 



ExiraB of a Letter from George Dempjier Ffq., dated Dun'ich en, Oct. 31. 



* Such a feafoh as the prefent, God in his providence never beftowed 

 on Scotland — fuuh an autumn, I mean. For it ripened our wheat, 

 brought in our hay, Has, corn, and potatoes, without the leaft injury 

 from rain or wind. This muft not have univerfally been the cafe, o- 

 therwife viclual could not bear its prefenc price. We had a falv, by 

 au6lion, of 100 head of Highland cattle ycfterday, which brought 

 on an average 7^0 per cent, above the prices of fuch cattle in Suther- 

 Und« They were fmall creatures, and chiefly purchafed by gea- 



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