78 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap. 



The markets are, in general, well supplied 

 with butcher meat of all kinds. Of these, beef 

 is the most common and plentiful. The cattle 

 slaughtered for the market, are mostly reared 

 and fattened in the county, and, in point of 

 quality, equal perhaps to any in the kingdom. 

 The veal is, in general, tolerable, but not plen- 

 ty ; and, in rare instances, is it to be found 

 completely fed. " There is also abundance of ex- 

 cellent mutton and lamb, partly the produce of 

 the county, and partly brought from other parts 

 of the kingdom. Besides the hogs slaughtered 

 for the public markets, a great number are kil- 

 led by private families. Of late, pork has be- 

 come a very common article of food among the 

 lower classes of the people. 



The price of butcher-meat has risen, within 

 the last eight or ten years, at least 50 or 60 per 

 cent. Though poultry of all kinds are reared 

 in abundance, from our vicinity to the metro- 

 polis, and the growth of luxury, the price has 

 greatly advanced. Fowls, which sold within 

 these last 10 or 12 years, at 7d., and from that 

 to 9d., now bring from i s. to i s. 4d. Geese, 

 turkeys, and ducks, in proportion. Eggs are ri- 

 sen from 2 d. and 3 d. to 4 d. and 6 d. per do- 

 zen. 



Besides having plenty of butcher-meat and 

 poultry, the county is generally well supplied . 

 with iish of various kinds, with salmon from 

 Leven, Newburgh, St Andrews, Perth, and Stir- 

 ling ; trout, pike, perch, &c. from the inland 

 streams ; and from the friths, with white fish, 

 such as haddocks, whitings, cod, turbot, scate, 

 flounders, and shell- fish, such as lobsters, crabs, 



