^%2 ^Agricultural Inteliigifice — Sc-oilafuf. Nov. 



Hay is plentier than might have been expccled. There feems no. 

 want for the ordinary confumpt of the county ; and it may fell from 

 I5d. to i8d. per Hone of 20 hb. Amfterdam. 



For new grain, there is no price yet fixed. Old oats fell at 23s. to 

 24s. per 5 firlots Stirhng meafure ; barley at 20s. to 22s. 6d. per ^ 

 firlots ; but for this grain the fale is, and muft remain, extremely li- 

 mited, untefs a check is put to the importation of Eiiglifh barley, by a 

 further increafe of duty. Many cargoes have found their way to the 

 Moray Frith ; and diflillers and brewers fee their intereft in ufing it, in 

 preference to the country produce. Individuals are blamed for carrying 

 on a traffic, fo prejudicial to the agriculture of Scotland ; but, while 

 the Legiflature gives toleration, it will be continued, though all the 

 prefent importers ceafed to exift. Ocf. 15. 



Letter from Glafgo^jj^ \gth OSioher. 



« Our harvcft has been exceedingly favourable, and all the corn baa 

 been fecured in excellent condition, if wc may except a few parcels 

 about the Moorlands. Wheat proves a very fine crop, both in quantity 

 and quality. Oats will be (hort in the ilraw, but will turn out well, 

 both in the barn and the mill. 



' Barley in this neighbourhood will be very good. The quantity 

 fown was trifling. Beans and peas are of excellent quality. Not much 

 of thefe grains was fown lail feafon with us. Potatoes hare not turned 

 out fo well, neither in quantity nor quality, as was once expeded. 



< The market for wheat, fince our laft, has been on the decline. 

 Oats have advanced a little. We have had little or no demand for bar- 

 ley, the difcillers not having been at work for fome time back, and our 

 brewers having a confiderable flock to begin malting. 



< The importation into Clyde, this year, has been very great. Since 

 the ift July, about 21, ceo quarters wheat, ic,ooo barrels flour, 21,055 

 quarters oats (allowing 38 lib. to the bufhel), and 468-?- tons oat meal. 

 Lave arrived from America and Ireland. The above wheat and flour, 

 with a few more cargoes dill exped'ted from America, will make a very 

 good flock for the winter. We cannot help remarking, that the American 

 wheat this feafon is very poor in quality; confequently, fcarce a cargo 

 arrives in good order; however, it is not fo mucli hurt as to render it 

 unfit for ufe; and, along with the fine wheat we have in this country, 

 v.'ill make a very good mixture. A tolerable fupply of oats is expeded 

 from Ireland and the fouth of Scotland through the winter, fhould tlie 

 critical Hate of the country not prevent it. Annexed you have a Rate 

 of our market. 



« State of Glafgbw Markets, October 19th. 



* American wheat, 25s. to 28s. of 240 lib. per boll. 

 Irifh ditto, 268. to 283. ditto ditto. 



Dantzic ditto, 30s. to 32s. 6d. Linlithgow mt-afure. 

 Britifli dilto, 26s. to 30s. ditto ditto. 



Irifh oat:, 17s. to 21s. of 264 lib. per boll. 



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