o6 Agricultural Intelligence — Scotland, Nov. 



and the quality in general good. Oats prove a light crop, having fuf- 

 fered more from the drought towards the beginning of liarvefl, than 

 either wheat or barley ; owing probably to fo great a proportion of 

 them being ufually fown upon the lea furrow, a htuation in which the 

 foil is more expofed to the influence of drought than almoft any o- 

 ther ; the grain is fmall, and the ret .mis per acre will fall rather Ihort 

 of an average. Beans in general are an indifferent crop ; peas are ex- 

 ceedingly gifty. Upon tiie whole, though the crop this feafon is, in 

 fome cafes, deficient in bulk, tlie aggregate return will probably exceed 

 that of ordinary years. 



Pailurage was fo long at a fland from the drougiit, that the rains, 

 fince the middle of September, have made little alteration on it, being 

 Hill univerfally fcanty. Young clovers are weak and backward, and 

 Jiave, in many cafes, been entirely burnt out. Good turnips have let 

 as high as 81. and 9I. per Englifh acre. Of the late fown fields, a great 

 proportion are quite fhmted ; and thofe of the befl quality will not, 

 this year, attain their ufual fize ; fo that the .general crop will be con- 

 fiderably deficient in weight. Potatoes have turned out a pretty mid- 

 dling crop, notwithftanding the drought. Wheat fallows were prepared 

 in the mod complete flyle, and the early fown fields have everywhere 

 made a promifing braird. 



In confequence of the Httle dem.and from the fouth, prices of lean 

 flock have experienced a very confiderable reduAion during this quar- 

 ter: fheep, in particular, have been felling 20 per cent, lower than 

 lail year. Fat has alfo fallen a httle. Ocl. 21. 



Tiveeddale ^larterly Report, 



At the head of Tvreed, and other waters in the higher pariHies of 

 this diftrict, which are generally enveloped in too moifl an atmofphere, 

 the dry feafon was uncommonly favourable for the pafture ; but in 

 many places, there were complaints of its fcarcity, particularly in the 

 latter end of July and beginning of Augufl. The hay crop has, how- 

 ever, turned out lomething like an average, the price from the rick be- 

 ing yd. and 8d. per ilone ; but wliite fodder being confiderably defi- 

 cient, the price may be expedlcd to rife, in the event of a fevere winter 

 taking place. 



Potatoes were greatly retarded in their growth by the cold fpring 

 weather, and alfo checked by the early fro lis in harvell. Turnips have 

 nowhere failed, though univerfally below an average crop. There are 

 not many blanks, but the bulbs are fmaller in fize than ordinary.* 



The price of fat lamb did not fall during the feafon. That of crock 

 ewes, fold for turnip feeding, has declined of late at tlie rate of 25 per 

 cent. ; though, perhaps, the FaLkirk rife of black cattle may come 

 round to flieep alfo. OH, 22. 



