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pany and collic^nes, who are the great conAimers here, require a fmaller 

 tuT.piy thnn ufral, having a good deai of lalt year's on hand. The 

 general price \\7\% iixprn-e from tlie rick, but it is now rrithc-r dearer. 

 I'liere can fcarcely be recolledcd a feafon fo favoun:l)le for condud'iiiig 

 the fallow procefs in the molt pcrfci.*^ ipaimer, as this has been thiough- 

 put. Nothing but the ;iioll ihipid inattention could have prevented 3 

 ccrnplete fallow ; and yet this luiacccuntable ftupidity was very apparent 

 in many inilanc.es ; whereas, in all day dillridts, a perfect fallow ought 

 to be the ground of their hopes for feveral fucceeilii-g years. Tlic 

 wheat-fowing is linilhed under the molt aufpicioiis circumltanccs ; and 

 01? many lields the braird' is appearing 



* Little gram has yet been Ihown in our market ; the farmers being 

 niore intent on field operations during this uncommonly fiiie weather, 

 than in thraihing out. The prices may, liowever, be quoted. Wheat, 

 7.45. to 27s. J Barley, 18s. to 21s. ; Beans, lys. to 21s. ; Oats, i8s. 

 to 22 s. 



* The tr^'ft this week, I believe, veiy much dif^ippointed the general 

 opinion refpefting the price of cattle, which was expefted to be confi- 

 derably lower, efpecially of thofe for tmnips, the diftiller}^, and the 

 ftraw-yard. They, however, as well as fat, maintained prices equal 

 to laft year. We cannot, therefore, reafonably expert the butche? 

 piarket to be lower for a conlldcrable time. ^ 



Morayjlm:? Quarterly Report, 



Howi VER favourable the bypafl feafon may Iiave been to the grain crops 

 of other dillrifts, to this cotmty it has proved peculiarly baneful. From, 

 the 7th June, till our harveft was com.pleted, we had fcarcely a drop of 

 rain, and none of confcquence fmce T9th April. The Tummer heati 

 were all along exceflive, often accompanied by fcorching winds, extrem.e- 

 iy injurious to our fands, hght loams, and Urong clays. On fuch, bar- 

 icy and oats are uncommonly deficient : they are only tolcraljle on moift 

 rich loamis. An ordinary leafon admits of ! 0,000 boils export from 

 this county ; v>hile crop 1803, "<^^"^' ^'^''^^ ^^ ^s in the ilack-yard 'v^ fine 

 condition, will fcarcely fupply our internal confinnpt ; and i;nportatio;i 

 might be requifite, were it not for fome old ftock on hand. 



The quality of our wheat is excellent, in many inftances not inferior 

 to the produce of EfTex, and may tliis year pais off to advantage in 

 Mark-Lane, where Scotifh wheat ftldom goes, but with lofs to tlie ex- 

 porter. It comes pretty near an average in point of quantity ; and now 

 \\'e are getting the new crop fown in fine condition. 



Turnips, although they have of late mended, are ftill a thin deficient 

 crop. Want of this valuable root, added to the fcarcity of fodder, 

 will be feverely felt by many ; not only as it leffens the immediate pro- 

 fit on cattle, but alfo the quantity of manure for next crop ; without a 

 large portion of which, our thin foils v.ill produce nothing. In the 

 niean time, it is fo far fortunate, that nov.- the demand for cattle has 

 again come round at tolerable prices to the breeder, but with lofs to the 

 gv^zier who bought i^ May and June. 

 " ' ' Hay 



