Jc6 Agricnlturnl Intelligence — Scotland. Jan. 



put into the ground till near the end of the month ; and this cir- 

 cumftance, togcthtr with the unfavourable condition of the ground 

 when they were fown, contributed to throw them very late, and in 

 the way of meeting with the injury which afterwards befel them. 



Peas, taken by themfelves, may be viewed as no crop. In many 

 places, they are not worth the txpence of thralhing, and few farmers 

 will have a return exceeding the quantity fown. Tares are equally 

 defeftive ; but beans, efpecially where they were free of peas, and 

 not damaged by the wetnefs in feed time, may be confidered as ap- 

 proaching to fomething like an average crop. 



Oats, from what is already faid, may be confidered as mealing 

 very unequally. The very beft do not exceed meal for corn, and 

 very few come that length. The generality of low country grain, 

 properly got, may be ftated as yielding \\ pecks, or 7 ftone Am- 

 Iterdam weight, per Linlithgow boll: Farther fcuth, they yield much 

 lefs ; fome not more than 6 to 8 pecks of meal to the boll of oats. 



The weight of grain upon a farm in the lower diftrift, taken this 

 week, is. 



Good white wheat - 59^ lb. Avoirdupois. 



Ditto red - - 58 



Barley - - 70 



Oats - - 61 



Beans - - 57^ 



Lail year, upon the fame farm, the weight was. 



White wheat . 63-1 lb. 



Red ditto - - 66 



Barley - - - 79 



Oats - . - 63 



Prices have been, and flill continue, vaftly diverfified. Indeed, it 

 is a difiicult affair to fay, what is the comparative value of a good 

 deal of grain ; and this diverfity will prevail through the year, though 

 it mull lefTen after the corn is fufficiently dried. New wheat fells 

 from 30s, to 50s. per boll ; very little old now to be got. Barley, 

 25s. to 34s. Oats, 1 8s. and 31s. Of peas and beans little can be 

 faid, as very few of thefe grains have as yet been offered for fale. 

 A correft ftate of yefterday's market, given at the conclufion of 

 this article, will place the fcale of prices in a clear light. 



Turnips, upon the whole, arc indifferent. Indeed, half a crop 

 is this year accounted a good one. The great eft part are not e- 

 qual to a third of an ordinary crop ; and, upon lands not in high 

 condition, they are worth very little. Potatoes are ftill worfe, 

 yielding not only little produce, but are inferior in quality. The 

 beft foils have fcarcely given a third of the ufual quantity, and, 



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