Agricultural Report. 



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■wliolosome iloctriiie a>iil nio!npi)toii.str(ilh-i, 

 Tlie conceiitiaied t'oriii of" tile l-'eiiiviaii 

 balk) altlioiij;li not possesKJiig all tiie vir- 

 tius of bark in »!llJ^tallce) ni^y, nntbT 

 some oirciiuistanci.s, be lar pipf'erable to 

 tiiL' bcti'k itsielt', inubiniicli as it does uut 

 clog and load, and irritate and iiiioseatp, 

 ,an already, perhaps, weak and irritable 

 ston;acli. 



Some of the readers of these essays may 

 look for further information respecting 

 the caneeron-. case to which especial al- 

 lusion has been made in former papers. 

 On this head the Reporter has to say, that 

 lioni unavoidable circiinistances the treat- 

 ment has been suspended, and the nicer 



[Feb. 1, 



in cousequcjice had taken on a rapid 

 growth, assnining the fini^oid character, 

 which, however, upon the resumption of 

 IMr. Young's method, was not only, as 

 heretofore, suppressed, but the disease has 

 altogether mateiiaily diiuiuished, and the 

 parts generally are now retrograding to- 

 wards health. 



A case of diseased intcgiinients of the 

 hand and wrist, of the most inveterate 

 kind, has lately been subjected, under the 

 Reiiorter's observation, to the tirainient 

 by compression, and has thereby been 

 completely restored to health and nse- 

 fulness. D. UwiNS, M.B. 



Bedford-row ; Jan. 26, 1824. 



MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



THE country has been reaping atl the 

 advantages, and experiencing some of 

 the disadvantages, of a mild and moist 

 winter; many of the latter may be yet 

 to come, among which, the most to bo 

 dreaded is a cold ungeiiial spring. — 

 Wheat-sowing, upon backward and wet 

 soils, was certainly protracted; but the 

 Opinion that a less qniutity than usual 

 ■was put into the ground, conies from few- 

 quarters, and is not of general conse- 

 quence ; on the contrary, tliere is at least 

 a comparatively active spirit of exertion 

 in the country, encouraged and kept alive, 

 1)0 doubt, by rising markets and never- 

 failing deniaud ; and tiie greater proba- 

 bility is, that any deficiency of wheat- 

 sowing, in the autumn, will be made good 

 in the spring; more especially should the 

 weather coniiniie open. All the lands, at 

 all apprnacliable, are in gooJ forwardness 

 for spring culture ; and bean-setting has 

 proceeded tor some time in those parts 

 where that process is customarily early. 

 There being no impediment from frost, 

 drainage and digging have gone on freely, 

 and to an extent not altogether usual of 

 late years. The eaily-soun wheats, on 

 dry lands, look most bc;aiuiful, and ex- 

 hibit a strong plant ; but perhaps, without 

 that raiikness and w'mtcr-pridc which si- 

 milar seasons have produced. On the wet 

 lands, and particnlaily where water-fur- 

 lowing has been neglected or insuiKci- 

 cntly performed, they are weak, thin, and, 

 having but a slight hold at the root, in 

 case of frost, would be in great danger. 

 Few seasons have made a finer show of 

 winter tares, and the culture has been 

 considerably extensive. All green vege- 

 tation is flourishing. Tlie cabbage and 

 carrot culture, such great agricultural 

 favourites in former days, seems reviving 

 in some of the eastern counties. Turnips, 

 on their appropriate dry soils, are a suffi- 

 cient crop ; on those less favourable, they 

 arc running a.vay ; and, far from imparting 

 iioaribhrnent to sheep, ate producing the 



rot, which has appeared in various parts, 

 and may, by aud by, occasion heavy 

 losses. .Sheep, on these wet lands, receive 

 also equal damage from the soil as from 

 its produce ; but no loss or damage, to 

 whatever extent, seems adequate to a' 

 conviction of the inferiority of our system 

 of wintering s-lieep. The foot-rot is ge- 

 neral on such soils. The straw-yard, in 

 course, comiueuced very late, to ilie vast 

 saving of hay; and cattle are doing well 

 on the fodder, the quantity of whicli has 

 exceeded expectation. Butter is consi- 

 derably aficcied by the inferior quality 

 of the hay, and the necessarily-increased 

 use of turnips. Potatoes, perhaps, do not 

 equal expectation, either in quantity or 

 quality, being much specked aud att'ccted 

 by the variable weather in spring anil 

 summer. The culture of late ;^ars has, 

 however, been so extensive, that there is 

 seldom any deficiency of crop experienced. 

 All articles of produce, together with live 

 stock, both fat and stores, have been for 

 some time on the rise. Pigs, though the 

 breed has been of late very extensive, 

 maintain a very high price. The price, 

 even of the inferior kinds of horses, has 

 advanced ; the superior are worth any 

 money that can be asked. As the con- 

 sumption proci eds, the inferior quality of 

 the past crop of wheat seems now ap- 

 parent ; and great complaints are heard of 

 the barley, aj coarse aud unproductive. 

 Vast quantities, however, of the best of 

 the wheats, of the two last crops, are in 

 the hands of speculators ; and which, 

 should the spring turn out propitious, 

 will come upon the market. The la- 

 bourers, niiire generally, find employment, 

 but at wages certainly not adequate to 

 the prices of provisions. Where regular 

 employment cannot be fouud for them, 

 their situation is siuceiely to be commi- 

 serated. On the whole, times are greatly 

 im|iroved — wheat at a considerable price. 

 Peel's gMiHCu.s- m plenty; no need of hoard- 

 ing coiu, thence little or none for the 

 eounti-y 



