104 Agricultural Ititelligeiice — Scotland. Jan. 



Slieep were rather lower, though tlie fall upon tlicm is lefs than 

 upon cattle. Good Highland fhcep, iit for laying upon turnips, 

 may be confidercd from is. to is. 6d. lower than lad year. The 

 (If ad market is overftocked with inferior kinds, and will be fo for a 

 little time. 



hiverncjs, Dec, \o. — The harvefi in the northern counties has 

 been backward and unfavourable ; but, upon the whole, I believe 

 we have bten fully as wtll off as the fouih of Scotland, and the 

 grt-ateft part of England. The wheat crop with us may average 

 feven boll;? per acre, and vieighs from 52 to 58 lb. Linlithgow fir- 

 lot. Barky will not be much (hort of an average crop in .point of 

 quantity, but the quality is far from being fo good as ufual ; and 

 as for oats, they are defedlive in every refpeft, and will hardly be 

 equal, in my opinion, to the confumption of the county. Wheat 

 fells here juft now at 38s. and 40s. per boll. Barley 28s. and 303. ; 

 m other places, 21s. and 25s. 1 do not imagine any oats or peas 

 are yet fold in the neighbourhood at pofitive prices : but oat meai 

 has not exceeded 24s. per boll of 9 ftone Amlterdam weight. Lean 

 cattle have been lower fmce laft September, than at any period for 

 tea years back. They rather feem now on the rife, but none can 

 be drove fooner than the Spring months. Beef and Mutton, of the 

 beft quality, fold lately at 2\^. per lb. in quarters ; principal pieces 

 at 3d. ; but is now advanced id. the lb. weight, and will probably 

 foon experience a further rife. Hay fells at is. per ftone, and, if 

 the Winter continues open, I hardly think it will exceed that price. 



Edinhiirghy Dec. 10. — The Magiftrates of this city have given 

 notice, that, after various conferences with the incorporation of ba- 

 kers, they have refolved, with the approbation of the Lord Prefi- 

 dent, and other Lords of Sefiion, to difpenfe with fetting any af- 

 fize from and after this date, till further intimation is given. 



This refolution of the Magiftrates deferves the thanks of every 

 well-wifiier of the community, as being the only method, under the 

 prefent circumftances, to procure the inhabitants a regular fupply of 

 good wholefcwne bread. Every pcrfon of common difcernment will 

 acknowledge, that a pound of bread, baked from the produce of 

 this ycar'g crop, is of much lefs value than the fame quantity manu- 

 faftured from that of the preceding year. The fufpenfion of the 

 aflize will therefore place matters on their natural footing ; for the 

 comparative value of the ftafF of life, like every other commodity, 

 ought to be afcertained in diredl proportion to its quality. 



We alfo obferve, that ftandard wheaten bread, fuch as is fold in 

 London, is advertifed by our bakers, the prefent price of which is 

 IS. 2d. per quartern loaf. 



Edinburgh^ Dec. 14. — The firfl Public Kitchem, for the Poor 

 of the city and fuburbs, was opened this day ; and we are happy to 

 hear that a fecond Kitchen is in preparation. A confiderable fum 

 of money has been raifed by fubfcription, for promoting this be- 

 nevolent 



