488 Agnculiiival InielUgcnce — Scotland, Nov'. 



In few mflanccs, was a full bite gained. Stock was high purchafed * 

 and the late depreffion of prices, joined to the difficulty of keeping 

 on, Gccalioned great lofles, cfpecially wherc fhcep were the prevailing 

 article. Perhaps an advantageous turn may agJiin be expefted, the 

 demand for butcher meat being fo great in Britain, asr to require, on 

 the whole, a greater fupj^ty than can be readily afforded. A glut, 

 arifiag froni temporary caufcs, latterly took place ; but this, it may be 

 prcfumed, cannot laft long. 



The market of Haddington has, fmce autumn, been fully fupplied 

 witii grain, and the demand lias born affinity to the quantity prefent- 

 ed. Oats, about tlie end of September, rofe in price with grt-at ra- 

 pidity, but have now come confidt*rably down. Barley is in fmall re- 

 queft ; and, notwithftanding the gcodnefs of its quality, threatens to 

 be of lefs value than any other grain cultivated by the farmer. The 

 immenfe revenue levied upon this article when ufed for malt, and the 

 fubfeq'iejU duties during every ftage of its manufafture into f]>irits and 

 ale, will account for its deprefil'd value, when compared with that of 

 othcf grains. 



The fovving of wheat vciy early commenced thic feafon, and has 

 l.'Cen continued under the moll favourable aufpices. A greater breadth 

 of ground \x\\\ be occupied with A\'heat than cullomarily ; the linenefs 

 of the weathc r, and failure of tnrnips, having enabled almoil every 

 farmer to extend the culture of this grain. It deferves, however, to 

 b>^ noticed, that when early fowing ig pradlifed, fay in the middle of 

 September, a great deal lefs feed, perhaps one third, ought to be 

 ufed, than when the work is poflponed to the fucceeding month. 

 Early wheat, if fown thick, does not tiller in the fpring ; hence the 

 flraw, owing to this miftaken management, is fmall, eafily lodged, apt 

 to receive mildew, and produces weak gi-ain : all which things may be 

 remedied by thin fowing, when an early feed-time is adopted. 



The clovers have planted badly ; and in many places, the deficiency 

 is fo great, tliat it is unneceffary to let them Hand for a crop. Inde- 

 pendent of the lofs fuilained in tlie firil inftance, a derangement of the 

 fucceeding rotation is an evil wliich cannot be avoided, and will occa- 

 fion crofs-cropping to a coufiderable extent, Od. 24. 



JWid-Lothian ^mrierly P^eport. 



The linrveft in the lower part of this county bejran about tlie middle 

 of Aiiguil, and the crop was got into the ftack-yards almolt without a 

 i'hower. The q.jicknefs of the work, however, occafioned a corrtf* 

 pondcnt demand for reaper?, and hi^h wages were given in the Edin- 

 burgh market, and other places. So far all was fair ; but, to the dif- 

 grace of our poh'ce, a fet of people were allowed not only to demand 

 extravagant wages for themfelves, but to maltreat others, who had a- 

 greed to ferve upon lower terms than thofe fixed upon by the fovertigns 

 of the market. Some of the fined days for harveft operations were thus 

 fpent in tumult and ri(;t ; an evil which calls for the ferious confidera- 

 tion of thofe who have the power to corre(ft it. 



Notwithftandingr 



