3^0 Agricultural Intelligence— -England » Juljf 



fields ha\'e been fo completely eaten ofF, that they have been plough- 

 ed up again for fallow •, r)me were fown with barley, which has al« 

 {o been very much injured, and, in many places, entirely deftroyed. 

 The lofs, I am afraid, is much more extenfive than is at prefent 

 imagined. A good deal will depend upon favourable weather, and 

 a fine harvefl; j but, from prefent appearances, the crop, upon fuch 

 foils, cannot be eftimated at more than half of the ufual average j 

 and the harvefl: will not be early. 



Turnips, fown the beginning of June, are looking very healthy j 

 what have been fown the latter end of the month, and in July, want 

 rain, to bring them forward, particularly upon adhelive foils, which 

 were fo faturated with wet lafl year, that they have wrought very 

 unkindly for turnip fallow, and could not be brought to that mellow 

 pulverized ftate, fo neceffary for the vegetation of fmall feeds. 



Potatoes are looking well, and appear to have little of the curl. 



Paftures have been very bad, and hay is expelled to be a light 

 crop, unlefs favourable rains come very foon. 



The young clovers, in many places, have been much injured by 

 the fmall grey fnail. 



The markets for fat ftock were at their height about the middle 

 of May, when beef was from I2s. to 13s. per Hone, finking the of- 

 fal^ and mutton pd. per lib. j but have been coming down ever 

 iince. The prices of beef are now from 7s. to los. per ftone, ac- 

 cording to fatnefs, and mutton yd. to 8d. per lib. 



The wool-growers expefted a confiderable advance on lafl year's 

 prices; but the buyers do not feem willing to give more, that is, pd. 

 to lod. per lib. for long wool, and is. id. to is. 3d. for fhort wool. 

 The fleeces take off very light j and the crop of wool in refpeft 

 to weight, is thought to be confiderably under the average. 



The corn makets have kept advancing. The prefent prices 

 are, 



Wheat, 14s. 6d. per Winchefter buftiel. 

 Earley, 8s. 4d. ditto. 



Oats, 7s. 6d. ditto. 



Peas, 14s. 4d. ditto. 



ExlraH of a Letter from Jrhwcajlle^ fitly 3. 



" Our crops here, and in the neighbourhood, are far from being 

 fo promifiog as in the fouthern counties. The oat crop, in particu» 

 lar, looks ill : and, in many parts, the firft fowing was ploughed 

 down, and frclh feed fown. Our prices are, Conningfberg wheat, 

 120s. per quarter j rye, 80s. to 86s. j barley, 60s. to 63s.-, oats 



56'. to 80s,, peas and beans, hardly any at market," 



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