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feafon, and the grain brairded finely ; but the laft ten days, bcin^ wef, 

 have forced thofe wiio were behind, to leave the fallovra till they get 

 into better condition. Corn markets have advanced greatly fincc har- 

 veft, and are likely to kc?ep up. Cattle and fhccp have a dull fale, but 

 the prices are not to be complained of. All improvements here are 

 at a (land, except the iron-works, which are daily increafing. I am 

 told that the Glamorganfhire iron now exceeds in quality that of the 

 befl foreign ; of whicli there can be no better proof, than the demand 

 from every part of the ifland wliere it has been tried. As a good part 

 of this demand is from Scotland, it is my duty to flate, that all the 

 iron made here is not of the fame quality : that manufadured by the 

 Dulais Company, and marked D. Co., may be depended upon, and is 

 every thing with our fmiths, \\\\q certainly may be reckoned compe- 

 tent judges. 



TorhJJj'ire ^lartcrly Report ; luiih a Rcirofpecllve View of Rural 

 Jl fairs, for 1 804. 



During the heavy rains of lad AuguR, the profpeft of the harvefl 

 was rather gloomy : fmce that time, the feafon has been one of the 

 moft favourable ever known. Whether by thofe rains, or from what- 

 ever caufe, the wheat crops are likely to be very unproduftive, on ac- 

 count of the mildew, which has been almoft general in this didiufl ; to 

 that degree, that even one fourth oF an average crop has not been ob- 

 tained, in fome iuflances, from the flail. However, there are Hill fome 

 few good crops ; and fome of thofe, in fituations and afpeds, which 

 render it extremely difficult to account for their efcape from this perni- 

 cious fcourge. 



Barley and oats are deemed rather above than below the ufual pro- 

 duce. Beans are uncommonly good and produ6live, and moft of them 

 are ftacked in the beil condition. Potatoes are excellent, and plenriful. 

 The bell Wheat is about i is. ; Barley 5s. : Oats 43. ; Beans 6s. 6d. ; 

 Rye 5s. 6d. per bufhel of Wincheller 5 Potatoes 3s. ; Apples 8s. per 

 bufiiel upheaped. Rape and ilax are thought to be deficient in feed; 

 the prices advancing. 



The fummer fallowing, except by the more diligent cultivators, has 

 not been fo completely executed as might have been expefted. Tur- 

 nips were fown upon very good tillages, but promifed ill during the 

 early llagcs of their growth : ti;ey now exhibit a very fine and plenti- 

 ful afped, and fome have been fold about 5I. per ilatute acre. 



The late rains, though plentiful, were not fuch as to hinder mate- 

 rially the fowing of wheat, even on moift foils ; yet that operation 13 

 in a backward ftare ; very little having been fown as yet. Clovers 

 and other feeds are very promifing, and the after-grafs, or fog, abun- 

 dant ; fo that there is a probability of the ftock^ of cattle being wtrii 

 fupported during the enfuing winter. Clover feed, the produce of tut;, 

 '^rcfent year, is luppofed to be very deficient. 



Lean cattle and ihcep are m demand, and arc fcUijig at j^oad prices. 



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