210 Rfpori of the Comtnittce cf the April 



Examination of Mr Arthur Young. 



Have you any information refpe^ling the produce and 

 quality of the laft crop of wheat ? 



1 have had letters from mod parts of the country, the 

 purport of which is, that the deficiency of the crop 

 generally amounts to one third ; but from various per- 

 fons, I had fecond and third communications correcting 

 their ftatements, as they advanced in thrafhing, w>:ich 

 makes the deficiency flill greater, in fome cafes amount- 

 ing to one half. The deficiency that has been corrected 

 in the fecond and third accounts, includes quality as well 

 as quantity ; from which I conclude, if fimilar accounts 

 were received from other correfpondents, the deficiency 

 would be found to amount to more than one third. 



When you ftate that the deficiency of the crop a- 

 mounrs to one third, or one half, do you mean one third 

 or one half of an average crop, or of an abundant crop ? 



I always mean one third of an average produce. 



How many bufhels do you allow, per acre, in your 

 computation of an average crop ? 



Something between twenty-two and twenty-four. 



Have you any information with refpeCl to the ftock in 

 hand at the period of the laft harveft, and the quantity 

 of foreign wheat in the country at that time ? 



I know nothing of the quantity of for(.-*.gn wheat ; 

 but my information is, that the ftock on hand was very 

 fmall (probably not one month's confumption) in the 

 country. I had no information what ftock there was in 

 London. I fpeak of the end of the harveft, which was 

 very late. 



What is your information refpe£ling the laft crop of 

 barley, oats, and rye ? 



The produce of barley and oats deficient, perhaps, 

 one fourth or one fifth in point of quality j in fome 

 places the crops worfe, but varying confiderably ; in 

 other places, the crop equal to an average one in quan- 

 tity, but in point of quality miferably bad, infomuch 

 that I know of farmers that have fold barley from 20s. to 

 60s. per quarter from the fame farm -, and I have had 

 information which feems to confirm this account, which 

 is, the price of oat flour in Weftmoreland, and that is 

 /js. 6d. the ftoiie of 14 lb., being the fame prices as 



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