4^4 Jgyiadiura! lutcU'igcnce — Scothincl, Nov, 



portation of IrlHi grain will be but very limited this fcafon, prices of oats 

 are rather looking upward?. 



The newfmen arc timeoufly calllnor upon tlie farincr"^ to thrafh off all 

 their grain ; giving it as a reafon, that the carriaje up the coiuitry^ in 

 the event of French invafion, will thereby be rendered more commo- 

 dious ! T\\t writer of this report feels himfelf called upon, however 

 unpopular the Iubjed\, to remark, that, at prcfent, the price of corn 

 bears, and for fome time pad has borne, no proportion to the advanced 

 price of labour, land, &c. 5:c. : and therefore he does not fee the 

 fmalleft neceffity for thrafliing all off hnmediately ; more efpecially, v^'hen 

 it is to be confidered, that our military forces are /.'9tu fully fuificient to 

 repel any army the French Conful can bring againll us. Look around, 

 I befeech you, and behold what a vaft body of brave volunteer corps, 

 and faithful yeomanry troops, occupy our embattled plains ! Add to 

 thefe, our regular army, our militia, our arniy of referve. And fay, 

 what have we to fear ? Contemplate this vaft force united ! And, 

 furely, that reind whofe confidence is not thereby fully reftored, we may 

 jafcly conclude to be under the cloud of melancholy, Oclober i()lb. 



Aherdecnjliire ^larterly Report, 



The drought, which fet in early, continued with i; creafed vehemence 

 through the fummer months ; and the fmall quantity of rain, which fell 

 about the middle of Auguft, being foon abforbed by the returning 

 drought, occafioTied crops of all kinds, with a few exceptionp, to be 

 much ftunted. H'.:re and there a few fields of early fown bear were 

 good ; but the generality of that grain proved quite the revcrfe, and 

 of lefs bulk in the llack-yard, than ever remembered. Oats were alfo 

 a poor crop, being thin on the ground, fhort in the ftraw, and of 

 inferior quality. Peas were not abundant in ftraw, but well podded, 

 and yielding fine grain. Perhaps the ftack-yards, on an average, are 

 one third lefs in fize than laft year ; but, as the harveft was much earlier 

 than common, and no damage received from wind or raia, the crop has 

 been fccured in the moft perfect ftate ; and, in proportion to its bulk, 

 V'ill turn out uncommonly produftive. 



Potatoes are 6ne in quality, but rather deficient in quantity. Turnips, 

 where the feed had vegetated early, are a good crop ; where late fown, 

 or where the feed had lain long in the ground, they are of little or no 

 value. Paftures, of all defcrlptions, have continued bare through the 

 feafon ; aud the aftermath, or fccoud clover, is equally bad. The grafs 

 feeds fown in fpring, prefent a bad appearance. Indeed, ketp of all kinds 

 for farm flock is fcarce, and the appearance of plenty at as great a 

 diftance as ever. 



Under the above adverfe circumftances, the demand for cattle almofl 

 ceafed about the beginning of harveft ; and prices came down nearly 20 

 per cent. For fome weeks paft, fales have been made, and upon better 

 terms. At Turreff market, this day, good beads fold pretty freely, 

 Butcher meat has fallen but little \ and grain has rather advanced, heft 



