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foiTie very civy lands, there is an appearance of Oilldew, which will check 

 their growth and dctc-rioratc the produce. 



Potatoes are every where an abundant crop, and cjood in qualify. 

 The wheat fowing is nearly fi'iifhed on fiin-irncr fallows, and aifo after 

 drilled beans, the landa being moiliy in fine tilth, thovigh in fome places 

 the itrong foils are rather too dry for tb.e feed veiretating with faftty. 



Our np.arkets for live Hock liave lately been on the decline. Beef 

 from 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. Sheep from 6d. to vd. per lib. fuiUing of- 

 fals. The corn markets are getting up, particularly for wheat and 



barley. ^22. Oclulcr,. 



Letter frorK an extcnjl've Farmer in Dorfdjjyire, Ofiober il. 

 * Our profpedl is gloony. We had a fine harvel^, it is true ; but, a 

 fortnight before it beg:in, we evidently faw flrong figns of blight, which 

 daily increafed and occafioned many people to cut down the wheit be- 

 fore It was ripe ; they being of opinion, that it was better to cut it 

 then, and let it ripen in tiic Hook. I cannot fee a reafon for thi?, un- 

 lefs It is fuppofed that the blight iucreafes J)y the corns {landing uncut- 

 During the liarveli, we had fome tine feafonable rains, and the grain 

 appeared to get plumper ; but now that the moiilure is evaporated, the 

 grain is returned to the Hate it was in before. 1 have lately been in 

 Devonfliire, and in the neighbourhood of ciomerfetrnirc. Speaking in 

 general, the wheat is certainly worfe, both in grain and quantity, than 

 it has been for many years. I truft, however, there are many excep- 

 tions. 1 heve thraCicd enough to be certain, that 1 flrall not average; 

 12 bufhcis Winchester meafure, per Englifh acre ; and of that a good 

 deal is ihrivelied and pinched. Our barley crops arc decent, by no 

 ' means abLsndant ; not more than two thirds of lail year's crop, which 

 was a good one. 



* Oats are but a middling crcp v/ith us, but we feldom reckon upon 

 this grain ; for you- know what Johnfon faid of them. Indeed, we 

 never do them common jufiice, fowing them generally on lands where 

 fcarce any other grain wiil grow. Peas were a very decent crop. Or 

 beans, we fow or plant but very few. Here is fome quantity of old 

 wheat left ; but as the full wheat feed time is come, the flails are re- 

 bounding in every barn, (we have but few thrafiiing machines yet), and 

 a fnilling per builiel and more has been given for thrafliing, which in 

 ^ common feafons is done for 3d. 3^d. and 4d. On account of the qus- 

 lity being fo bad, moil people are fowing old wheat ; confequently, 

 the demand for it is coiif.derable, and thofe who have any that is good, 

 get I2S. pf^r buihel ; others los. 6d., and <;s. 6d. 



« Of barley there is but little thrafhed yet, for the above reafon, as 

 well as the fear of a fcarcity of fodder during tlie winter. What 

 •omes to market is ftom 5s. to 5s. 6d. per buihel. As to oats, few 

 are yet thraflied ; price uncertain, but about 3s. and upwards. To 

 change the fcene — Hay was an abundant crop, and well fecured ; 

 the aftermath exceedii>g good, and a fine feafon for feeding it off. 

 Fat beafis have been rather plenty all the feafon, and no want of Hock 

 coming en in har.d. The eld ewci at Weyhill-fair fold wonderfully 



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