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and incorporated trades of Elgin and Forres, from farmers and corn*- 

 dealers, at 28s. to 36s. per boll, and fold according to it5 producd 

 in meal, to keep them from lois ; fo that probably In no county of 

 Scotland, except Caithnefs, were the inhabitants fo cheaply fur- 

 niflied with meal. 



For two or three weeks paR, cattle of all defcriptions have met 

 •with a ready fule, but at prices fo low, that money will be loft by 

 the graziers, who ftill think themfelves fortunate to get clear-hand- 

 ed, confidering the want of Winter keeping. Turnips, although 

 greatly improved during the Lift fix weeks, are rooting poorly, and 

 are ftill far under an average crop. Beef and mutton fell at 2{6.. 

 to 4d. per lib., and not likely to alter before Chriftmas. 



The Moray (hire barley and oat hrlot contains 32 Scots pints. 



Wheat ditto, 22 ditto. 



Hay, 2olib. Amfterdam per ftone. 



Potato, 32 lib. do. per peck. , 



Eeef, ]6oz. do. per lib. 



Five firlots of oats go for a boll, when fales are made in the 

 <?ounty. 



Few peas or beans are fown in Moray ; and both are this year 

 a bad crop. Odober 3. 1 800. 



ExtraB of a Letter from Grangemouth y 2<^th September. 



There are yet about two thirds of our crop in the fields : what is 

 {lacked, in general, bulks ill. Barley is the worft crop, and in 

 quantity will not yield more than half of an ordinary year's crop. 

 Wheat is middling, and will not fall much Oiorti Oats were very- 

 thin on the ground, and iliort in the ftraw, but will give well in 

 the mill, and exceed the produce of laft year, though they are not 

 above three iifths of a crop. Beans are ftrong on the ground, but 

 will not yield well in the barn-floor : they are, however, a better 

 crop than laft year. Peas are a very good crop, and will be equal 

 in quantity to 2ny ordinary year. The quality of the whole will 

 be good, if we have a continuance of good weather to get well in. 

 Thefe are, at prefent, tlie general opinions refpctling our harveft j 

 but, until it is all brought in, it is not eafy to form a juft idea of 

 the quantity. Few farmers' expett half their ufual todder. Th6 

 crop of potatoes has failed very much. Prices, we are of opmion, 

 will remain much as at prclent, for a month or two ; but, there- 

 after, we doubt they will go higher. Annexed, you have the pre- 

 fent prices of giain, which are very nomii.al. When we get any 

 farther inforn.ation refpcdling the ilate of our crop, it (hall be com- 

 municated. 



P p 3 Wheat, 



