354 Agricultural Intelligence-— Englantl* July 



purpofes of the Inftifution are, the colltftina: of ufeful information, 

 tending; to the Jicquifition of a more perfefl knowledf^e in aj^ricul- 

 ture •, breeding of every kind of ftock, grazini:; and planting j and, 

 for attaining thcfe obje^s, premiums are to be offered. 



Two general meetings of the Society are to be held annually, 

 viz. at Swaffham. on the dav preceding Thetfurd wool fiir -^ and 

 the other at Lynn, on the Wednefday ncareft the lOth of Feb- 

 ruary. 



Yorkshire Quarterly Report. 



The crops of wheat, in genfcral, are more improved in their ap- 

 pearance than was cxpeded by m;iny. The draw promifcs to be 

 flrong on the ground J and, if the ears correfpond with it, this 

 ^rain may yet have a fair average produce, notwithllanding the 

 thinnefs of moil of the crops, and the utterly defective ftate of many 

 of them. Barley and oats appear a full crop in many inftances. 

 The beans, peafe, and vetches, have reaped all the advantage from 

 the late fliavvery weather, fo favourable to thefe articles, that could 

 be reafonably expe*51ed from the bad and unpromifing ftate of the 

 feed : yet many of them plant very thin, arid fcarcely any can be 

 abundant. During the laft two weeks, the movvers and haymakers 

 have been bufy with the grafs, of which a part has been already 

 hayed and ftacked in different parts of the cour.ty. The produce 

 appears abundant on tlie dry and welUraanured foils ; on the ftrong 

 and cold foils, by no means fo. Clover is late in flowering, but ge- 

 rerally a full crop 5 very little is cut at prefent. Potatoes look un- 

 com.monly well ; are nearly, if not perie£lly, free from the curl, 

 and bid fair for a good fupnly of that ufeful root, at a time when 

 every article of human fubfiilerce will, in all probability, be pe- 

 culiarly wanted. Flax, on dry foils, is promifine, but has fuffered 

 much from worms, &c. on the ftiffer ones. Of rape, there is a 

 profpecl of an average produce. Yams, clover, and other feeds, 

 plant thick and well. 



Fallows.^-' — From the cloudy and heqvy ftate of the weather, 

 of lafe, the turnip fallows, on foils not of the drieft quality, are irt 

 a back^vard condition. Some of the beft lands are however fown ; 

 but much remains to be done on the generality of them, before 

 they can be in proper tilth : the prefent fine weather will affift the 

 cultivators to finifli this work in a very ftiort time. The Summer 

 fallows are. of courfe, in no great degree of forwardncfs. 



Prices of Grain The beft famples of wheat command hifjh 



and advancing prices, i8s. 6d, \ barky at 8s. 6d. j and oats 7s. 6d. 

 pei; bufhel of Winchtfter. 



Butcher- 



