Hi Agricultural Intelligence — Scotland, Feb. 



BeriuicJiJljire ^mrterly Report. 



Though tVie rainy weather, in the heglnning of this quarter,' was 

 much ci'^alnft the ingathering of that part of the bean crop which re- 

 mained in the field, yet, where proper precautions had been taken, the 

 grain does not appear mateiially damaged. Fallow wheats made a pro- 

 inifing braird ; but the bean lands were too late in clearing, and too wet 

 to admit of beincr fown with wheat before Winter fet in. The long 

 continued rains were particularly unfavourable to Hieep in fuuatious any 

 way liable to the rot ; and that difcafe, known in this county by the 

 name of the black fpauldy (from its terminating in a mortification of 

 the hind quarters), hais, in fome fituations, been very fatal amongft 

 the calves of lall year : thofe calves that are higheft: in condition feem 

 moft fnbjeft to this diforder, which (like the rot in Jlicep) appears to 

 be in fome meafure local, and always mofl prevalent in a mild wet fea- 

 fon. If any of your readers have difcovered a cure for this difeafe, or 

 the means of preventing it, they would confer a benefit on fociety, by 

 making it known through the channel of your Magazine. 



The markets for lean cattle at Martinmas were higher than ever re- 

 membered, being confiderably above the prices of laft year. Late tur- 

 nips have fenfibly improved fince the commencement of this quarter, 

 while the early fields have univerfally fnot up into the feed ilalk ; the 

 letting price for thofe of the beft quality has been from 3I. los. to 4!. 

 per Englilh acre. Ploughing is in a very forward Ibte, having m^t 

 with little interruption from froft till within thefe eight days. 



Wheat turns out greatly below an average crop, and the general qua- 

 lity is fo indifferent, that few fine famples are to be met with. Oats, 

 though they meal tolerably well, make but a very m.iddling return per 

 acre. Barley is fmall in the grain, and will hardly yield an average return. 

 Beans, except where they have been thraflied for the purpofe of bting 

 kiln-dried to make them keep, have fcarcely yet been feen at market ; 

 but from thefe trials the crop does not promile to turn out produ<ftive. 

 Peas are hardly worth eftimating. Our corn markets have been gradually 

 declining fince November. The prefent prices are : Bell v/heat, 37s. 

 6d. ; ditto barley, i6s. ; ditto oats, 14s.; potato oats, i6s. per "boH 

 of fix Winchefler bufhels. Hay is felHng from 6d. to ^^d. per itone of 

 22\ lib. Englifli ; and potatoes in wholtfale, deliverable at I3erwick, at 

 14?. and 15s. per boll nf 4c EngliiTi (lone. Butcher markets have re- 

 mained pretty fteady ; good beef being '^(\.^ and mutton '\^ per lib. of 

 17-| ounces. The fnow which fell on Sunday the 9th, ftill continues 

 to cover the hills ; and though not deep, yet, from its being fro/t-n on 

 the top, the flocks in that diflri6l have reqiu'red a foddering of hay for 

 thefe fome days part. — Jan. 19, 



Eaji Laihian Sl}jarierly Rrport. 



The weather broke in Oftober, before the whole of the crop was car- 

 ried ; but the lofs thereby fuftainrd was not of much confcquence. In 

 the important bufinefs of fowing the wheat lands, an obllruftion of 

 greater magnitude was generally fjh, ar^d various fields remain unfown, 



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