l8o^. Agrlcullural LiteUigefiLf — SLOilatid. 48^ 



oat meal fcllino- at 20s, per boll. Very little field work 13 yot performed, 

 it not being the cuftom of this ccniuty to eiitcr tlie plough li'.l the harvcf^ 

 u completely fiaiihul. i(jth Oclobcr, 



F'lftfiire ^iarierly Report. 



Pi: R HAPS in no fcafon has there be(?n a longer coi.i i:iucu tract of 

 dry weal iim- than in 1803; in confcquence whereof tlie hay crop was 

 vci-y light, and no fecond crop of clover anywhere in this county. 

 The vidhal crops (wheat excepted) are very fnort in the llraw ; but well 

 ripened, and harvelled in excellent order. Wheat vary fine, and gives well 

 in flour. Barley, haviiig in diy grouiid almoil no llraw, is a deficient 

 crop. On cokl land, it is very good ; but, in the county at large, 

 barley, peas, and beans, are much below an average crop. The oats 

 fomewhat beloxr, but not fo much. Wheat is at leaft one third above 

 an avtra^-e. A very large quantity of this grain is Ibwn on ground 

 in fine crdcr, which is looking very well, and the fanners are ilill fowing 

 more. 



Potatoes, in confcquence of want of rain in famiTier, though of good 

 quality, fall Ihort in quantity, and cannot be taken at more than half 

 a crop. ■ 



Turnips have univerfiilly failed all over the country, the very bcH not 

 being half a crop. Whole fields, after fpringing thick and beautiful, 

 periilhed by the drought ; the furviving plants are poor and Hunted in 

 fize. 



Flax is a fliort crop, but of fine quality, and may be reckoned rather 

 below an average ; the feed is very fine, and much of it fit for fow- 

 ing next year. 



From actual tria'., Scots lintfeed, faved from feed once fov/n from 

 Holland, is found to produce a crop of flax equal in all refpefts to that 

 from the beil Dutch feed ; but if not changed, it degenerates, and the 

 orop will not a fecond time equal the foreign produce. 



Average price of hay 7d. per Hone. No market for barley, and 

 much of iaii: year's crop remains unthraflied. — Ocl, 20, 



BerivichJJjire ^mrterly Report, 



We have feldom experienced a traft of more favourable hntTcft wea- 

 ther. Reaping commenced about the middle of Auguil ; and the crops 

 in the low dlitrift were all got into the Itack-yard, by the ill of Oc- 

 tober, in excellent cond tion. I'he harvell in Lammermuir, though 

 latterly retarded by rai :, is now alfo fafely concluded. 



From the warmth of the feafon, and the uncommon drought, corn 

 of every defcription came fo rapidly forwai-d about the end of Auguft, 

 that a fufficiency of hands could hardly be procured for taking it down 

 in proper time. Reapers wages were from is. icd. to is. 4d. per day, 

 with viAuals. 



Wheat is very fine in quality, and will turn out better than an a- 

 veja^-e crop ^er acje. JBarley may be reckoned equaj to an average, 



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