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ters of oats, 1700 quarters of bailey, 2020 quarters of wheat, 

 6 quarters of peas, and 62 bolls of oat meal. Ar.d from the 

 county of Caithnefs, a confiderabla quantity has been fliipped 

 during the fame period. Perhaps there may remain 10,000 

 quaiters of the different grains for exportation ; and it is fup- 

 pofed that the crop of no county in the kingdom will come 

 nearer the ufual average than that of Caithnefs, notwithftand- 

 ing its northern fituation. 



The latter is much demanded for feed. Butcher markets con- 

 tinue well fupplied. Beef fd. to 6d. per lib. ; mutton much 

 about the fame ; and, from the number of fat cattle ftill on 

 hand, thefe articles are not expected higher. Hay has no^ 

 exceeded is. per Scots (lone this feafon. 



Notwlthftanding the feverity of the Winter and Spring, 

 little lofs has been fuftained amongft the fheep flocks ; and 

 refpefting the prices of them and cattle, nothing certain can 

 be yet given. The great fcarcity of provender has put the 

 latter in bad condition ; and where they are ufed in farm la- 

 bour, this may occafion the fowing of the crop to be much 

 retarded. 



The conftant froft and the frequent falls of fnow, which pre- 

 vailed from the 17th December to the I2th March, allowed 

 little ploughing to be executed till lately ; but the Spring has 

 now fet in very favourably, and the ground is in excellent con- 

 dition for ploughing and harrowing. The oat and peas feed 

 has become general ; and, upon the whole, labour cannot be 

 confidered as farther behind, than it is upon an average of 

 years. In the Highland diflrift?, they fddom begin to plough 

 before the ift of March ; and confequently, in that refpeft, 

 they are not in a worfe cafe than ufual. March 27. 



EaJ}-Loth:an ^/arterly Report. 



Notwlthftanding the adverfe weather that prevailed dur- 

 ing the firft month of the current quarter, and the back- 

 ward ftate of aration at its commencement, the labours of 

 the field are now much farther advanced than what was. 

 then expedled. In the lower diftrift of the county, where 

 corn crops is the chief objefl, a confiderable quantity of 

 y/heat, though not to the ufual extent, has J)een fown ; the 



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