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I am rather of opinion, th'tt there are not fo many nrTe"; fown 

 with grain this feafon as ufiial ; hnt think the potatoe fields con- 

 liderably enlarged: in general, they m;ike a prnmifing appear- 

 ance 



The butcher mnrkct in Perth is but irdifFcrently fuppllcd. Prin- 

 cipal pieces of beef fell at pd. per Dutch lib. ; but there is little 

 of good quality to be pot. I.amb 9^^ ; ve?l 8d. 



As to tlie crop of grr.fs ; the hay fit ld«^ arc very lig' t, and the 

 palluics much inftiior to whrit they are in ordinary years.'' 



Extract of a Letter from a Respectable House in Glasgov), 



dated fune 30. 



t " We (hall endcavrtur to give you as accuri'e accounts of the 

 (Current crop in this neighbourhood, and of the markets here, as 

 in cur power. In the vicinity of our city, the lower ward of La- 

 ijarklhire, there is little variation in coroparifon with laft year, re« 

 fpefting the forwardnefs of the crop. We have only a fma!] quan- 

 tity of wheat fown this feafon, and it looks worfe than common. 

 Not much barely is fown ; but the length it has come, only ena- 

 bles us to fay, that the braird i« middling. Such parts of the oat 

 fields as were early fown, look tolerable \ but all the late fields 

 have a very poor appearance. Beans, in general, look well. 

 'I'here never \vas fuch a quantity of potatoes planted here : iq 

 general, they are very late, a great part of them only coming a-' 

 bove ground, fo that the curl cannot be diftinguidied. No con- 

 tradls for a future delivery are yet made. 



The few turnips cultivated here are in drills ; but the quantity 

 is fo trifling, that they nre not worth mentioning. Hay has a 

 poor apearr.nce, and promiies, at moll; to be only a middling 

 crop. Prefent prices of old hay are from icd. to is. per Troii 

 ilone of 22 lb. 1 he ppflure grafs is very poor. Cattle, ihieep, 

 ^nd lambs, all fell at high prices 5 and the retail price may average 

 js. per lb. l^rop weigh*. 



Vv'e have bad little or no grain imported direct to this market, 

 as it is entered in general at Bonowflounncf'i Cuftomhoufe, when 

 ordered from the Baltic, sr.d forwaided from thence in lighters. 

 Such cargoes as are received from America and Ireland, are en-, 

 tered here j but there ha^ e been none imported from the former 

 country as yet, except two cargoes of ivheat, which were after- 

 wards fent to the Irilh market. About 5000 barrels of flour have 

 been received from America, which fold from 70s. to 75s per bat- 

 tel of 196 lb. We have had no particular information refpedling 

 crops to the weftward, but btlicvc they !cok very mi.'dling. 



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