205 Agriadtural Report — NaturaliJVs Beport. [Sept. I, 



In one riding of Yorkshire tlicre were 26,(571 pieces of broad cloth manufa£lured in the 

 year 1729 — in the year ISO.i, oOO, '237 pieces, or 10,079,'2.5<3 y.-.rJs. In 1738 were manu- 

 tadlurcd, in the fame dlftrift, 14,495 pieces of harrow clotli— in 1805, 165,847 pieces, or 

 6,193,317 yards. 



The fol'iowins were the average Prices of Navigable Canal and Dock Shares, for Auguft, 

 18(16, at the Office of ^fr. Scorr, Bridge-ftrcec. — The Leeds an.l Livt-rpool Can^l, 1761. to 

 1721. perfliare, pa; ing Ul per ftiarc per annum. — The Warwick and Blrmingluni, 9.'>1. paying 

 51. per ilnre per annum. — Grand Junction, 9'ol.— Aihcon and Oldham, 7.)1. — l\ak Forelt, 601. 

 — Kochd.ile, -101. — Lancaller, L'Ol.— Swanfea, 901. paying .^l. per fliare. — Ellefmere, 611.— 

 "Well India Dock Stock, 1151. per Cent, paying; 101. per Cent. Nett ])cr Annum. — Eaft India 

 Dock, ISI'll. to 15;.il. bearing a prefcnt Interell of 51. per Cent. — London Dock Stock, 1031, 

 to 10.)!. pavini; .M. per Cent. Nett per Annum. 



The following were the Prices of tho principal Stocks on the '.'Rth Inftant.^Omniumj 

 7 J —3 per Cent. Conlols, 6.)-^. — tail Indi.i Stock, ItJl^i. — Bank Stock, '218- 



MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



'TTIE Harveft has been fomcwhat impeded by the frequent heavy Ihowcrs ; but no material 

 injury has been done to the Grain. 



The Wheats, in many fituations, do not on reaping prove fo good a crop aj, !rom appearance, 

 iwight have been expefted, particularly on high dry lo:ls, where fniut ami .Tiildew h.Tve becrt 

 difcovcved. R.irley turns out, every where, more indirierent, coiiii:ig in two I'uits or growths ; 

 and muft be cxpi-dled, on threfliing, to yield badly. 



I'eai have in general failed; Bt.ins promife a middling crop; and Oats univerfally a good 

 cne. The avcr.ige price of Grain per quarter throughout England and Wales is, lor 

 V/he.it, 81s. 7(1 ; Barley, .39s. 9d. ; and Oats, 30s. 2d. 



The Turnips, which, after repeated fowings, have efcapcd the Fly, flourifh and look welL 



The rot-itbcs fuftered to remain a Winter Crop, incrcafc in fiie, and promife an abundance. 



Hops, in the principal counties whicli grow them, with very fev.- exceptions, are expected to 

 prove a good and heavy Crop ; the Bines being clean, luxuriant, and free from vermin. 



The recent ihowers have much accelerated the growth of Lattormath, Tares, and fccond- 

 crop Clovers, which flourifti exceedingly j and have very much fr^-ftiened the Partures, wheie 

 Dairy-feeding Cattle and Sheep thrive and du well. In St. James's Market Hay fetches from 

 21. 16s. to 41. 16s. ; and Straw from 11. 16s. to 21. 5s. 



At the Fairs', in the la(t month, but little bufinefs has been done ; fewr fales, and little or na 

 variations in the prices of Cattle, Sheep, and Ilorfes, the farmers being engaged at home v.'iLh 

 their harvefts. 



The I'ig Markets have lately had brifk fales for fmall (lores to turn it to the Stubbles, for 

 which fort there is a demand at advanced prices. Beef fetches at Smilhfield Market triim 

 4s. to 5s.-, Mutton from 4s. 4d. to .5s. 4d. ; Veal from 4s. 4d. to 5s. '.'d.; and Pork fruni 

 4s. 8d. to 55. 8d. 



NATURALIST'S Mp>;THLY RF.POHT. 



" Berries and pulpous fruits of various kinds, 

 Tlie promife of the blooming fpring, nou- yield 

 Their rich and wholefome juices; meant t' allay 

 The ferment of the bilious blood." 



'pHE hot weather is ripening faft the autumnal fruits ; and, in general, the apples and 

 pears, at leaft in this county, appear to be tolerably abundant. Plums of alnioft all 

 kinds, as well as peaches and nectarines, arc however by no means plentiful. 



A confiderablc portion of the corn is both cut and houfed j and, notwithflanding the omi- 

 nous jhiywcrs that fell on &. ^Tiifkitfi day, the weather has been, on the whole, exceedingly 

 favounhlc to the harveft. The evenings in general are cool and refrelhing. ijt. Swithin has 

 certainly forgotten himfelf this year. 



The common yellow jafmine, jiifm'mum fu'skaus, began to flower about the lOlh of July ; 

 the yellow road-flax, anl'irrhinum hnaria, July i?Oth ; and the marlh mzWow, althxa uff.t'malis, 

 about the Firlt of Auguit. 



The leffcr dodder, cufcuta cfithyrrum, is very abundant this year, clinging round the ftems of 

 the heath and gorze in nearly all the waftc lands. Its flowers are fo numerous in forue places, 

 as comDletely to difguife the gorzc bufhcs, and to give ibcm a very beautiful appearance : at a 

 little dil'ancc tbey might le miftakcn for a fpeties ot htath. 



Two o. the hngli/h feftfitivc plants, the round, and lon^-k.ivcd fundew, drofcra retuiidifclla 



and 



