480 Agricultural Intelligence — England. Oft, 



the fmall potatoes that fold for the lowefl of the above-mentioned 

 prices). This high price, foine afTcrt, is owing to the failure of the 

 potato-crop in general ; whilft others aflert, (and apparently with 

 good reafon), thac though the crop may fall fiiort of what muy be 

 called a ^ood crop, yet, from the large quantities plai/ted, there does 

 not appear to be any neceflit^tor the prelent very advanced price. 

 However that may be, the late rains will certainly be very bene- 

 ficial to the potato-qrops, and caufe the roots to fwell very much 

 in fize, as is already very apparent. Though the old palliires and 

 after-grafs have improved fo very much fince the late rains, butter 

 fells here from l8d. to 2od.per lb. (bed fait butter at i4d. ). Hay 

 fells from is. to is 4d. per ftone oi: 20 lb. and fome as high as i8d. 

 per Hone, but that is chiefly fome of the very beft of the lall year's 

 trop. Turnips, except where {own very early, have failed in ge- 

 neral. The crop of hay, in general, was good, and the quahty fu» 

 perior ; but, owing to the great fucculence in the grafs, and the 

 gloominefs of the atmofphere, and not being fuffcred to remain till 

 it was thoroughly cured, many (lacks in confequence heated ; nay, 

 fome abfolutcly fired, and that in greater numbers than ever before 

 remembered^ 



Sept. 20. 1800. 



Lincoh:J]:ire ^larterly Report. 



The wheat-crops have, ip general, as formerly predidled, turned 

 £)ut light ; and fome, that were then promiling, have fuffered much 

 from mildew, which was prevalent in Augult. Many fields have alfo 

 received damage from the late wet weather. Barley, notwithltand- 

 ingthe fevere drought, will be a productive crop, though, in feveral 

 inftances, where early cut, it has fprouted ; as the warmnefs of the 

 ground, when the rains fell about the 2 2d Augult, produced as 

 fpeedy au effect as if it had been on the floor of a malt-barn. Some 

 that has been already thrafhed, makes fuperior bread to the molt of 

 laft year's wheat ; which, it is hoped, will compenfate for the de- 

 ficiency of wheat this feafon. Barlcy-biead is much ufed in L.in- 

 colnlhire ; and the peafant, fed upon this aliment, looks equally 

 healthy, and will do as much work as his neighbours who eat their 

 wheatcn bread. 



Oats likewife prove a good crop ; and, when generally thrafhed, 

 mult gtt lower in price. Beans and peas do not promife to be pro- 

 dutiive. Turnips are, for the moll part, fuperior to the crops of 

 ordinary years ; though, in a few inftances, they have failed. 



The hay-harvell was never known to be better ; and, though 

 the crop of artificial graffes was not heavy, yet the goodnefs 

 of the natural graffes will, in ajl probability, make up for the 



deficiency. 



