iSoo Agricultural Intelligence— ^Scothndo 335^ 



Berwickshire Quarterly Report. 



The paftures of this quarter have, in general, exhibited a fcanty 

 appearance 5 but this muft, in fome meafure, be attributed to the 

 operation of adventitious circumftances ; fuch as, the failure of lafl 

 turnip crop, which threw an unufual quantity of flock upon pafture 

 fields during the Winter 5 the high price of corn and hay, which 

 induced farmers to turn their horfes early to grafs ; while, in many 

 cafes, a want of fodder drove cattle from the ftraw yard, before 

 vegetation was fufficiently advanced to fupport them in the field. 

 The drought is beginning to be feverely felt on the dry foilf. 



The hay crop, upon cold clay foils, is very light j where the 

 foil is free, the appearance is more favourable j but, from the cold 

 weather in May and June, and many fields having been pallured in 

 the Spring, hay harveft muft be late, and the produce will not e- 

 qual the average of ordinary years. The young clovers of this year, 

 in general, promife well. 



The experience of j8co will ftrongly inculcate the neceflity of 

 being particularly attentive in the choice of feed corn j for never 

 was the produce from feed of different qualities fo eminently con- 

 fpicuous, as in the appearance of the crops this feafon. 



Winter wheats ilill continue thin and weak ; Spring fown fields 

 are thicker; and where the preceding turnip crop was weighty, the 

 wheat is looking well. 



Barley upon ftrong clay foils, is, in general, but a poor crop j 

 where it fucceeded turnip, the appearance is in general favourable j 

 feveral fields are juft beginning to fliow the ear. 



Oats have a more piomiiing appearance than any of the other 

 grains, though, upon fome wet clay foils, they alfo look weak and 

 thin. 



Peas are generally thin, and in many cafes very bad j both wheat 

 and peas occupy a much fmaller extent than ufual j and as neither 

 of thcfe crops are likely to make a large return per acre, the ag- 

 gregate produce of this county, in wheat and peas, muft fall greatly 

 fhort of former years. 



From fo much of the land having been ftirred wet, the fields 

 everywhere exhibit an unufual blow of yellow annual weeds, la. 

 Lammermuir many of the fields make a very thin appearance, from 

 having been fown with frofted grain j and in fome fpots towards the 

 caft end of the lower diftrid, confiderable damage has been done 

 by the fnail and Aug. 



This quarter has been uncommonly favourable for the prepara- 

 tion of turnip-fallows j which, from the high price of feed laft 

 Winter, will be fown to an unufual extent ; The feed has every- 



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