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On good c?ry lard. Winter and Sprincr hained \\-\y looks well ■, but 

 of t Vies e there is very li'tle in this part. In Berwick bounds, a 

 fhilling the flone of 241b. has been refuftd for hav from the rick : 

 Not that Eny is yet cut j but 1 believe 1 fliall begin to cut next 

 week." 



Kast Lothian Quarterly Report. 



The weather wh'ch, in April, was friendly to vegetation, has 

 during the greateft: p?.rt nf the two fucceerlin^ months, been re- 

 markably cold and-tempeftuous, and the growth of corn and gr-^fs 

 has confequently received a fevere check : this, when added to the 

 critical ftate of the ground, from the excefTive wetnefs of laft Win- 

 ter, and the Imperfect cultivation which circumftances, in too many 

 cafes, only allowed to be given, renders it highly probable, that 

 the current crop will be much inferior to thofe of ordinary years. 

 A confiderable lefs cuantity of wheat was fown this year than 

 lifual ; and, perhaps, three-fcurths of it was put into the ground 

 during the mounths of Ftbruary and March. The appearance of 

 the greateft number of fields is such, that a fliort crop of this grain 

 may be expected. Barley, upon dry healthy f^ils, is a tolerable 

 crop. Some of it is already fully in the ear, and, upon the coaft 

 fide, may be ready for the fickle in Augnft ; but, upon thin clay, 

 and foft moori(h foils, it is hardly off the ground, and is, almoft in 

 ever cafe, fickly and unthriving. Oats are looking better in the 

 inland parts of the county than for fome time paft, the blanks occa- 

 fioned by the grub being partially filled up •, but upon the dry coaft 

 ■fide land, where they lately difplayed a vigorous growth, the 

 drought has injured them feverely Reans are woife this year 

 than ufual, efpecially upon clofe- bottomed lolls, being generally 

 thin, unhealthy, and getting into bloom before they are arrived 

 at any length. Peas, upon clean lands, look well j but, as the 

 qumtity fown is very trifling, their effects hardly deferve to he 

 iiOticed in an eftimate of this kind. 



Ihe hay crop, except upon the dry healthy land, is very light, 

 and in few pLtce will exceed i p Scots ftones per acre. Some of 

 it is already cut, and will be uf fine quality, if dry weather conti- 

 nues. Some fields have been fjt at 12I. to 15I. per acre; but no 

 price from the rick is yet fettled, though is.perftoneis fpoken of. 

 Prefent price of old hay i8d. but little remains on hand. 



The paftures are generally very barej and without warmth and 

 temperate rains, will not afford a full bite this feafon. The early 

 ftocking contributed to nip them up at the ftuting; and the cold 

 t^ftefly winds blafted the young plants, extiafled the moiftur<f ne- 



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