03. Jg)iciiltuyal iiitcUigencc. 47^ 



downwards, though it is to be apprchcntfed tliat the dcclenfion 

 procecdr. froi^i cauics of a temporary nature. In tlic prcfcnt ilate 

 of the country, however, it is clillicult to Ipeeulate, with precifion, 

 upon fuch matters. 



Some of our Knglifli readers complain, that the Scotch mca- 

 fures of capacity are not untlerilood by them, and requeit an ex- 

 planation. To fuch we mull, in the mean time make a reference 

 to our Firit Volume, p. 444. where a table is given, which, though 

 not an accurate ont, will throw feme light on the fubjccf. In 

 our fupplementary Nuniber, it is probable that the fize of the 

 Scotch meafures of capacity will be further elucitlated ; but at 

 prefent we may only Hate, that when a boll is mentioned by us, it 

 is the Linlithgow or national llandard boll that is meant, which, 

 for wheat, beans, and peas, is a trifle more than four Wincheller 

 bufhels ; and for barley and oats, is rather more than fix bufh.jis- 

 By attending to thefe things, the meafures, ufually condefcended 

 upon in our work, may be nearly afcertained. 



A copy ' of the propofcd rules and regulations of the ]>doray- 

 fliire farmers fund, for the benefit of widows, orphans and decay- 

 ed members, ' has been tranfmitied to us •, and we are in duty 

 bound to obferve, that fuch an inftitution embraces the mod meri- 

 torious purpofes. It has often been regretted that fuch inilitutions 

 w^re not generally eltabiiihed for the benefit of agriculturifts ; 

 therefore, we rejoice to fee a beginning made upon wife and ra- 

 tional principles. The propofers of the meafure, we underfband, 

 fought out the bed advice, and employed William Morgan, Efq. 

 of London, (nepliev/ of the late Dr Price) perhaps one of the 

 lirft calculators in Britain, to make up the necefiary tables. 



Contenting ourfelves at prefent with wiihing fuccefs to the 

 defign, and an extenfion of the principle in every quarter, we 

 fhall referve for our fupplementary Number, various particulars 

 communicated by an intelligent gentleman of that county, who 

 took an a£live hand in the arrangement. 



Extracts from Private Correspondence. 

 S C O T L A N D. 



Letter frcm a Genflemnny defLnbrng the Crops cf Fife and Ayr^ 

 fiirts, Oa. 8. 

 * I was lately In Fife, and found that the interior of that county had 

 fiiffered feverely from fuch a dry fcafon, and that the crop could not be 

 eflimated at more than two thirds of an ordinary average. I have fince 

 been in /\.yrfhire, and learned that the drought had rather been bene- 

 ficial as Injurious to that diftridl. The AyiHiIre hufbandry, in my opi- 

 nion, fiill continues very bad, though the land is rooftly all enchftd, and 



ijffs ornamented 



