2^6 Agricultural Intelligence — Scotland. J^^JT 



miliei!, at this time, fince milk became plentiful. Indeed, It makes 

 good the old faying, That want is an excellent matter for teach- 

 ing economy. 



I fhould have mentioned, that, of all our crops, barley and bigg 

 are lookins; beft ; and an increafed quantity of thefe varieties are 

 fown this feafon in the whole of Aberdeen and Banffshires ; which 

 ■will make amends for a fcanty crop of oat*. I am afraid that win- 

 ter keep for cattle will not be plentiful, unltfs a great alteration for 

 the better foon takes place. In Murray (hi re, the crops, upon the 

 whole, look well •, but they are fadly in want of rain. As for grafs, 

 they have little or none \ and if the dry weather continues, I think 

 they may have an early haiveft, but that the crop will be fhort." 



Mid-Lothian ^tarterly Report, 



Tram April ijl to 'June ■^Oth, inclufwe. 



There have been few feafons wherein the operations of hulhandry 

 have met with lefs inteiruption than during the time above fpcci- 

 fied. The weather, although by no means remarkably genial, has 

 always allowed the farmer the full ufe of his cattle and implements ; 

 and tillage, of courfe, has been carried on with fpirit and vigour. 

 The appearance of the crop is, however, not altogether fo promif- 

 jng, as the favourable feed-time fliould have led one to expeft. The 

 wheat, as formerly noticed, Ipwn in a very unfavourable conditio^, 

 continues ftill feeble and languid, and, hardly yet beginning to (tiew 

 the appearance of the ear, gives room to expetl a late harveft, as 

 •well as a fcanty return. The hay-lands are in general defeftive in 

 clover, which alone would have the effe£l to make a light crop ; 

 were it not even ftill further diminifhed in bulk, from the ftinted 

 growth of the other graffes, owing to the intenfe drought, accom- 

 panied with a cor.fiderable degree of cold, which has d:ftinguiihed 

 the commencement of the Summer feafon. The bean and peas 

 crop is very difTimilar, part being excellent, and part very bad 5 ow- 

 ing, perhaps, to the previous {late of the feed when fown. On 

 the other hand, the barley, fown in capital order, may ftill be a 

 good crop, ftiould fuitable rains arrive in time j as would likewife 

 the oats, if the fame much wiflied-for occurrence takes place. 

 The potatoes appear to be good j and, what is an agreeable circum- 

 ftance, more of them have been planted than ufual. Turnip has 

 been fown to a confiderable extent, and the land in fine condition : 

 a moft boifterous ftorm, however, from the north-weft, on Friday 

 June 20, is faid to have occafioned much damage to this root, as 



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