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enoug'i, and the gram Wijs.of a good quality, tho' fomewhat fmall. 

 However, a great deal was ,parched and llirivelled on light foils. 



The harvelt was begun in very fine weather: but before it was 

 finiflied, fuch continual raiits fell, that all the corn that was cut, 

 fprouted, and was entirely loft. What was ftanding, fared better: 

 'hut the refnlt was, that the corn of this harveft was of three very dif- 

 ferent qualities. That which was houfed before the rains came on^ 

 is very good : that which was houfed before the rains fell, has no flour 

 in it, and is hardly fit even for poultry : and that which was ftanding 

 at the time of the rains, is full of moifture, yields but little flour, 

 and will be very difficult to keep. 



Old wheat has been fold for 14 or 15 livres (12 or 13 fliillings) 

 the fack, weighing 240 pounds; and the new li^as fetched from 10 

 to 13, according to its degree ofdrynefs. 



Oats. 



We have feen by the foregoing account of the months of this year, 

 that the tillage for fpring corn was greatly retarded, and that the oats 

 which were fown firfl: were benefited by fome fliowers of rain which 

 made them rife : thofe which were fown late, were a long time be- 

 fore they appeared ; and as they rofe at lafi: only by the help of fuddeix 

 fliowers, fome were much forwarder than others. 



The drought, which was almoft continual till the middle of Au- 

 guft, gave room to fear left the harveft of this grain fhould fail en- 

 tirely: and indeed, notwithftanding thofe flying fliowers, the crop of 

 oats was but indifferent both in quantity and quality. Thofe of our 

 province are white and light, and fell for only five livres a fack, whilft 

 old oats fell for fix. 



Barley. 



Almoft all the barley in our parts was burnt : but this accident 

 can hardly have been general, fince the price of this grain is nearly 

 the fame as that of oats. 



Ry e. 



We raifeljut little rye in our province: each farmer fowsjuft as 

 much as will yield him ftraw to make what bands he wants for tying 

 up his fheaves, and other fuch like ufes. This grain fared nearly as 

 the wheat did. 



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