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PART IV. 



AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE. 



Having arrived at the period v.'hen a pretty accurate opi- 

 iiion can be formed of the crop, both as to quantity and qua- 

 lity, we. proceed to lay before our readers the various articles 

 of intelligence, concerning that important fubjecSl, tranfmittod 

 to us by our numerous correfpondents. It is painful to ob- 

 ferve, that the apprehenfione exprcircd in our lad, refp^dling 

 the failure of the crop in North Britain, have been fatally real- 

 ifed in feveral di(lri6ls. Indeed, the fenciments then given 

 were formed, not only from our own obfervation, but from 

 information furnifhed by experienced agriculturiils in differ- 

 ent quarters. In addition to a fliort crop, the evils attending 

 jn unfavourable harveil have fcllov/ed. Much grain has been 

 lliaken, or has dropped in the working. The early cut fields 

 liave univerfally fprouted : and, from the unfettled ftate of the 

 weather, the corn, which flill rem;iins in the fields, mull be 

 greatly damaged. 



The produce of wheat in Scotland, of this year's crop, from 

 every account, will be much below the ufual quantity. Lefs 

 of that grain, as formerly ftated, was fown than ufual, parti- 

 cularly in the northern counties. A great number of fields, 

 even in the befi di{lri£is, were thin ; and though the quality, 

 where it efcaped fp routing, is generally good, yet a doubt can 

 hardly be entertained i-efpe^iing the deficiency of this article, 

 perhaps to a greater extent than lafh feafon. 



Barley appears to be a much better crop than laft year, e- 

 fpeciaily in all the northern diftricls, v»'I)ere it ripened in per- 

 fecfion. Oats may be confidered as fcantier than ever remem- 

 bered in Scotland, and very unproclu6live in meal, — Many 

 reafons might be given for this failure, — the wetnefs of the 

 ground at feed-time, — the fubfequent fevere drought, which 

 prevented their tillering, — the attack of the grub-worm, — ' 

 the exceifive heat during the Summer-month^, which is al- 

 ways unfavourable to this grain, — and; above all, the injury 



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