1826.) Monthly Agricultural Report. ‘615 
Boast is made. ’ ‘Tu‘all ‘probability, the most extensive breadth of land ‘hag Been sown 
‘With wheat, ‘in’ the present season, ‘that was ever before devoted to the ‘culture’ of that 
precious artile, in Britain.’ ‘T'wo circumstances have materially contributed to this—the 
failtire Of ‘the’ turilip’ crop, ‘and the apprehension of a’ scarcity of seed barley, and conse- 
‘quent high price in the sprig: The young wheats are sufficiently thick on ‘the soil, and 
on rich soils so luxuriant, that there is a supposed necessity of feeding them down with 
ep! 5 bh { b : I SOrygpD, .TSi IB OW vt i 
Phe sole complaints ‘with which our Correspondents entertain’ us, are against rooks 
‘and ‘pigeons; atid’ haves, whieh last they feed but must not share—sic vos non vobis: | Tiarks” 
they Say ave innumefable this year, and the most difficult’ to ‘watch.’ But’ this watch 
and ward; ofall others, neéd riot be regretted ; for, not to insist that this’ feathered ‘ge- 
neration came into the world, under the same commission with ourselves, ‘namely, "to eat 
aiid driwk, they well earn their living, since but for them, the fruits of the earth ‘would 
be utterly destroyed by inséctile vermin. Indeed, the worst enemies Of ‘the ‘seasém'are 
the grub and witewor'm, a great increase of which it was reasonable to éxpect) after the 
long drought of summer. ‘Some addition to the usual acreable quantity of seed“wheat 
was therice necessary. The most effective remedy against these vermin which! we have 
a ‘anid practised, is to plough up and burn the corn stubbles, and heavy rolling’ the 
fallows.' 9 10.231 
Falldwing for the Lent corn goes on briskly, and lands are in ‘preparation for éarly 
‘bean sowing. “The soil, it is universally stated, never turned up more’ mellow,’ friable 
atid healthy. - The wheat crop continues to rise well, and has hitherto shewn no diniru- 
tion of its character for quantity ; whilst the considerable price it maintains is full evi+ 
dence’ of the immensity of the consumption. Oats, beans, and peas must necessarily 
command @ high ‘price in the spring markets, whatever import may take place; ‘because 
quality is always so much in request, andso amply rewarded in this country. "The same 
of fiesh-meat, bacon, butter, and cheese, the quantities produced being below the usual 
standard, from’ the shortness of the grass crops, after such continual drought. >The 
turnips cannot, at best, prove a sufficient crop ; and on the far greater part’ of the’ lands 
the grass crops, though luxuriant to appearance, cannot be very heavy or substantial - 
‘that stock must go into early winter quarters; and should that season be ‘severe, ‘it will, 
‘in all’ probability, be as difficult a one, as any living farmer has encountered. Potatoes 
‘have proved beyond expectation, and it is at last discovered that, in quantity, ‘they are 
nearly or altogether an average ; their failure is chiefly in quality. In Scotland, oats’are 
Said to equal the price of wheat, and oatmeal to be dearer than wheat-flour. “Cyder‘will 
be in gréat plenty, the apples not keeping this year. ne 
‘There is ‘tio material baie with respect to live-stock since our’ last report, though 
the meat markets have’ been somewhat better supplied since keep has increased. In 
‘some quarters, they speak of an improvement in the price of store-cattle and sheep, and 
“even of wool ; but it is as yet of no general or decisive character. The price of 'storé- 
pigs is much depressed, from the great enhancement in value of that'which must be had 
‘to feed’them. “ Cows also are ‘considerably cheaper. The horse-market remains in the 
‘same state, as to the prime kinds ; ordinary ones, of all sorts, cheaper.’ : ay 
The accounts from most parts of the country, of a probable want of agricultural labour 
durimg the winter, are most disheartening. Indeed that most unfortunate and too nu- 
merous ¢lass, the farming labourers, apparently ever doomed to a state of slavish depen- 
dence for their daily bread, be the earth’s products dear or cheap, are, beyond all others, 
“entitled to the compassion and consideration of their country, which is fed by their toil 
and the sweat of their brow. Wliether or not their situation is susceptible of amend- 
“ment, or whether any measures of that tendency are in contemplation under the new 
“style of things which is about to take place in regard to the import of corn, does’ not 
“appear. There is little doubt among the best-informed men even of their Own class, that 
“the dreadful appreliensions which the farmers have been led to entertain of the meditated 
bata) state policy, will prove merely panic. - Why should we dread that meastire, with 
yur present immense number of consumers, which has been resorted. to without injury or 
inconvenience in former times? The press has groaned under the number of essays ‘cal- 
culated'to disseminate this terror ; but as bodies of men, particularly when in the en- 
joyment of a monopoly, are always supposed to publish er parte statements, “and to plead 
especially in favour of their own. corporate interests, those essays have had no weight 
with the great majority without doors, or with those who have the direction of the na- 
tional affairs. 
Smithfield. —Beef, 3s. Od, to 5s. 2d.—Mutton, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 4d. -Veal 45, Od. 
to 5s.,2d-—Pork, 43. Od. to 5s. Od.—Dairy-fed, 6s.— Raw’ Fat, 2s. $d. per stone. 
ot Corn Exchange.—Wheat, 47s. to 66s.— Barley, 36s. to 46s.— Oats, 28s to 42s,— 
3 est Scotch Oats, 44s.—Bread, 41b, loaf, 9d.— Hay, 78s. to 110s.—Clover, ditto’ 90s. 
of Ise Straw, 27s, to 38s. 
- 5 in the Pool, 28s. Od. to 36s. 
sentastl uldlesex, November 20th, 1826, 
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