l8oo. Agrtcidiural Intelligence — England. ii'j 



grovvth : Of middling and ordinary, the quantity of fine flour Is 

 much (hort — fay from one elglith to one tenth. Good barky, about 

 48 lib. per bu(hel ; beil famples, about 2 lib. more ; ordinary, 40 to 

 42 lib. Oats, on an average of found grain, 36 lib. ; fine famples, 

 41 lib. ; ordinary, as low as 30 lib. The number of good famples 

 have been fmall indeed. 



It is the general opinion of every perfon converfant in the corn 

 trade, that there is not a fufficient quantity of grain in the country 

 to fuppoit the inhabitants till next crop, and that a coniiderabie 

 importation is necefTary. Since the beginning of November, 70,000 

 quarters of wheat, and 50,000 quarters of oats, have been import- 

 ed here : Only a few parcels of barley-^fay fix hundred quarters. 

 From the fetting in of the froft, no more* foreign grain is expefted 

 this feafon, except the cargoes upon the road. Confiderable quan- 

 tities are bought, which cannot be exped\ed to arrive looner than 

 April. 



Smithfield has of late been well fiipplied. The general price of 

 beef, finking tlie offal, 4s. 6d. per Hone of 8 lib. ; mutton, 4s. lod. 

 Retail prices — Beef and mutton, 6^d, and yd. per lib. ; veal, yd. 



The quartern loaf of bread is prefenlly fold at I4d. ; but, from 

 the rife of wheat and flour this week, mufl. be advanced to I4^d. or 

 ijd. Oat meal is worth 28I. per ton, which is equal to 14 bolls and 

 a quarter, as fold with you. 



The wheat feed is generally finiflicd ; though, in the wet lands of ^ 

 Eflex and Hertford, fome remains to be fown. Ploughing is much 

 behind. 



Hay fells from 4I. to 5I. i6s. per load, which is 18 cwt., or 90 

 flones, Scots weight. Straw from il. 183. to 2I. 5s. per load of 13^ 

 cwt. Potatoes and other gai'dcn ftufFs are plentiful. The price of 

 the former, from 5I. to 81. per ton, which is from I5d. to 23. per 

 peck, according to your meafure. The quahty is not good. 



We have a fevere ftorm of froft and fnow, which, if it continues, 

 will foon block up the Thames. The corn markets, in confequence, 

 experienced a confiderable rife. Dantzic wheat fold on Friday as 

 high as I xos. per quarter ; and, this day, flour has rifen 5s. per fack. 

 Some remarkably fine cattle were laft week fiiewn in Smithfield, 

 in confequence of a premium being given by feveral noblemen and 

 gentlemen. 



ADDITIONAL SCOTS INTELLIGFNCE. 

 Angus, Mearus, and Aberdeen Agricultural Report. 



This diftrift, in common with the reft of the kingdom, has 

 experienced a moft inclement feafon, and vegetation was at no time 

 luxuriant. Our crops are therefore fcanty, fo far m trials have been 



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