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and dry foil^ where tliey may be pallured in the fpring, witli flicep or 

 light young cattle, with fafety and great advantage. The paltures, 

 natural and of fown grafTes, have been remarkably good for feveral 

 wrecks pad, and have generally been capable of carrying a third more 

 than an ordinary Hock. 



The demand for flieep and cattle of all kinds, as might have been cx- 

 pefted from the ilate of the country, ha:; been confiderable, and the prices 

 without much alteration. At the great fair of Staigfliavv-bank, indeed, 

 there were difappointment?, owing to the temporary ftop of a Bank in 

 that neighbourhood, which occasioned fome embarraflment. The fair 

 •w-ac thought to be over-ilocked with Highland cattle, which even gave 

 high prices, with little or no lofs to the fellers. Wt.'dder flieep, rcady to 

 ])e laid on feeding paflures, were in great demand, as were young rtieep 

 for breeding. Wedder hogs, indeed, being numerous, were not in fuch 

 requeft, and were reckoned at leail 3s. lower than lail year. The price 

 of wool is npt yet quite afcertained in this quarter. The demand is not 

 at all IcfTencd ; and the ilaplers are anxious to engage their quantities, 

 but ihy to fix the p'-ices. July 16. 



EaJl'Lothian ^larferly Report. 



Per. HAPS few feafons have permitted the ground to be fo well 

 wrougfit as tlie prefeut one ; for, except on thV 3d and loth of June, 

 and 7th of July, very little rain has fcillen in this county fmce the 

 begiiming of March. Ilovvever beneficial fuc-h a traft of dry weather 

 has been to farm culture, yet it has certainly Hopped the growth of 

 corn and grafs very much. Hay is a fcantier crop than known in any 

 year fmce 1785 ; and the paftures have only, in few inllance.'^, admitted 

 a decent ftock. The grain crop3, thougli inferior in bulk to thofe of 

 laft year, are, on deep foils, fuperior to what might have been expcft-, 

 ed from fuch adverfe circumftances ; and wheats, in particulai', promife 

 an abundant return, if mildew is avoided. 



The corn markets have advanced during the quarter, in the articles 

 of oats and wheat ; but barley continuer, uniformly to have a dull fale, 

 while "the quantity on hand is confiderable. Good wheat has regnilarly 

 brouglit a higher price in Haddington market than wliat it has done 

 in Marklane ; which is a proof that the quality thereof is not inferior ta 

 the beil Englifh growth. Indeed, Haddington market, through the 

 whole feafon, has matched any in Britain ; and the demand has generally ' 

 been fully equal to the quantity prefented. 



Thofe wlio fov/ed turnips before, or immediately after the rains on 

 June loth, have a fine fhow of hqalthy plants ; but as the weather in 

 a few days became very dry, fuch fields as were fown after the middle 

 of the month have not a very promifing afpc6t. In moft cafes, how- 

 ever, a tolerable braird is got, and a fmall fu])ply of moifture will foon 

 pufh the young plants forward. Potatoes, in general, look well ; and, 

 where care wa$ beflowed to procure frclh feed, few curls are difccrn-- 



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