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TMONTIILY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Having experienced during the latter part of the month much wet, with frequent thundct 

 iftovms, and torrents of rain, the lieavieft and moft fonvaid crops of Wheat have been beatea 

 down in many fituations, and will be materially injured, iTiould not dry v.-eathcr foon follow; 

 the reaping will be both troubli;fon'ie and expenfive. 



Oats in general may be expefted to turn out a fair crop. Barley has much improved, but 

 that grain comin^; in two grovyths, the produce, on thralhing, will be confiderably lefleneJ. 

 Peas in mo!t fituations prove a bad crop, in fome they have totally failed. Field Beans have 

 fared fomevvhat better and may be expefted to yitld tolerably well. Potatoes improve 

 miuh, and feem to have recovered the check they met with, from the drynefs of the feafon 

 foon after they were planted. The average price ot Wheat per quaitcr throughout England 

 and Wales is, 893. 5d. ; of Barley, :30s. lOd ; and of Oats, -.'9s. lid. 



'I'he Hay harveft, in the Counties diftani from the Metropolis, has been much impeded 

 hy the late frequent ihowers, and in feme <. f the low meadows, large quantities of Hay ars 

 fpoiled. In St. James's Market Hay fetches from i;!. to 31. ; and ^tra\v, from 11. 10s. to 21. lis. 



The Turnips recently fown, tliat work having been pcrformiCd twice in many extcnfive 

 iiftridls, may now be txpefted to ftand for a crop ; and in the early part of the precedinjj 

 month, in the Fen country the burning of land for Colefeed was finiihed and fown to a great 

 extent ; the Colefeed left for feed looked well, and the weather at that Time was favorable to 

 Fen and WalTi Grafs. 



The Clovers and winter Tares which were early fed, or mown, grow fad and afford excel- 

 lent keep. 



The recent improvement of the paftures has been favorahie to tlie dairyman and grazier, and at 

 the late fairs, Lean Catllc, Store Sheep, and Milking Cows have fomewhat advanced in price. 

 In Smithfield Market, Beer fetches trom os. lOd. to bs. 4d per ftone ; Mutton firom 3s. to 

 5s. 4(1. ; and Pork ij-om 4s. to 5s. 4d. 



Cart Colts bred in tiie F«ns, and young frefli Horfes in farmers hands, are much in requeft by 

 the dealers, and obtain good prices : in crlor forts fince the great fades, in confequence of the 

 fetluclion in the cavalry, are fcarcely dilpofeable, but on very low terms. At prefent little 

 Jiufmcls is done in thjs Fig Market, excepting in fmall ftores for the dairy. 



XATUR^VLIST's JMONTIILY REPORT. 



" Now the mower whets his fcythe ; 

 And every ftieplierd tells his tale 

 Under the hawthorn in the dale."- 'Milton. 



fTTIE Dog wild briar, rofa caiiina, began to flower about June 4 ; the field ^ti, pifum fiillhnim, 

 on tne tith j ranunculus awe-fis, a.id lingua, the corn crowfuut, and great crowfoot, June fi ; 

 a-Elamnus aibu;, ftax.tcth, June \M ; the white lily, l-lium candidum, June 28 ; the 

 white dog- role, rofa arvenjis, July '2. 



The hay was cut, and a very confiderable part of it^houfcd, before the firflof July. 



In the beginning of June tne weather was exceedingly hut, and (luring the whole o( the 

 month the lace of the country has had a very pa'-ched appearance from want of nioifture. 

 1 he lefrefhing rains which fell on the i?6th and iJ7th were of eflential fervice, but they were 

 fcai\.ely fufficient to change tlie general afpecl of the vegetation. 



Daring the heat of the day, the Sheep now colled together on the roads, or on dufty 

 places or tlic commons, and ran with their nofes dole to the ground, to wud oft" the gad-fly, 

 ttjiiui ov'.Sy wliich at this feafon of the year teizes them, by endeavouring to depofit its eegs 

 in their noftrils. 



The y.llow wagtail, motacillafava, runs about the grafs-plots of gardens, in fearch of 

 infefts and other ibod. 



The twitterin; note of the fedge-warbler, fyl-via falkaria of Latham, is now heard every 

 evening, amongit the rulhes and caiices which grow along the fwampy fides of thej-ivcrs. 



The water lizards, lacevta a^uatka, have all caft off their tadpole form, and attained their 

 pertedt Ifate. 



Jn dry wade grounds the nimble lizard, lacerta agUh, may frequently be feen running 

 about, or balking itfclf upon a ftone or dry banic, in the fun-lhine. 



The common fnake, the viper, and the blind or flow-worm, now often appear out of their 

 holes during the day-time. I have feen dead individuals of all the fpecies lying in the roads. 

 The britclenefs of the flow-worm is very furpriflng ; almofl: the flighted blow will cut it in 

 two. In confequence of this, its dead body is generally found in two or more pieces, and very 

 fclt)oin whole. 



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