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made ; and as for the pailures, they remained Ihort and open, with- 

 out acquiring their ufual clofc pile. 



in genera!, hay may be confidercd as approaching to a medium 

 crop ; yet the price has advanced to an unufual pitch. The average 

 may be ftated at is. per ftone of 20 lib. Dutch weight. 



'i he wheats, at one period, had a full appearance, but were 

 aflvrvvards da/hed to the ground, which prevented them from filling, 

 and, in many fituations, occafioned the grain to fpring. Wheat is, 

 I apprehend, the worft crop, and may be dated as one half deficient. 

 There has been little brou^^ht to market ; the price from 30s. to 45s. 

 per boll of 4 Liulithguvv firlots. 



On the ftripe of fine land which bounds this diftrlfl with the fea, 

 oats may be taken at nearly two thirds of the ufual product, and 

 bear and barley nearly in the fame proportion. But when we go 

 to the hill diftri£ts, they arc much below what is ftated ; and the 

 accounts are fo various, that a conclufive opinion can hardly be 

 formed. It is allowed, upon an average of the three counties, that 

 oats will not yield 4 (lanes meal per boll. Thofe ralfed upon tb.e 

 coaft lands may be from 5 to 6 ftones ; fome have even come to 

 7I ftones; but the quantity of the laft kind is too trifling to naerit 

 notice. 



in Angus, the price of barley, by the firlot of 32 Scots pints. Is 

 25s. per boll. At Aberdeen, by their meafure of 34 Scots pints, 

 28s., and advancing. Beer, or bigg, 2s. to 4s. lower than barley. 

 Oat meal, 30s. and 32s. per boll. 



In all the hilly parts of thefe counties, and even in fome parts 

 near the fea, the oats were frofted, and confequently unfit for feed, 

 which, I am afraid, will be an article much wanted. 



Turnips and potatoes felt the effcAs of the bad feafon equally 

 with other crops. The firft were put wet into the ground, and in 

 fome places did not Iralrd, and in others were cut off by the^, or 

 fnail ; for farmers have not as yet afcertained the name of the animal 

 or infedl that deftroys this root. The quantity of turnip food does 

 not exceed one third of laft year's. 



The latenefs of laft Spring reduced the condition of lean ftock fo 

 much, that they never got forward during the after feafon ; and 

 prices have been from 15 to 30 per cent, below thofe of laft year. 

 Wc have little demand at this time ; yet the fpirits and expedlations 

 of our dealers are nov/ much raifed, and a buyer will pay 20 per 

 cent, more than would have been demanded two months ago. 



Fat cattle were lately 7s. 6d. and 8s, per ftone ; but they hare 

 now fallen a trifle. There are fewer than ufual upon turnips j but 

 every perfon is forcing forward to market as faft as poffible. As is 

 luuai v.hen turnips are fmall in fizc, there is a general caraplaint that 

 cattle fatten Very fl(.wly. 



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