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MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
HE cold easterly winds and sharp frosty nights that have prevailed during the greatest 
part ofthe month, have continued favourable in checking the over luxuriant. state of 
the early sown young wheat crops, and kept back vezetation in general in a considerable 
degree. : 
The weather continuing mostly fair, the operations of this busy month have been carried 
on with great alertness ; and a vast extent of team, as well as other labour, has been. per= 
formed, which will probably make good the deficiencies of the last month, in these respects. 
The winter fodder of different kinds has held out better than was expected some time back, 
in consequence of the season being so remarkably open, both in the beginning and since. 
The grain stock, probably from the large importations from the continent, continues to 
hold out better than was supposed about the close of the harvest, and at more reasonable 
prices. In the corn market, the fluctuations in the prices have not, since our last, been 
much.— Wheat fetches from 68s. to 80s. per quarter; superfiae 104s. to 108s. Rye, 40s. te 
52s.3 Barley, 30s, to 48s.53 Oats, 22s. to 30s. 
The fattening stock, both in the stalls and other modes, have been pushed on with to- 
lerable success, bur still continue high in price. Sheep in many instances have not 
gone on so well as the meat cattle stock, mutton keeps of course high in ‘price. In 
Smithfield market the prices were on the last market day.—Beef fetches from 4s, 8d. to 
6s. per stone of 8lb. ; Mutton, 4s. 8d. to 65.5; Weal, 5s. to 7s.; Pork, 5s. to 7s. 
The ewe stock has in genetal lambed down pretty tavourably from the season being mostly 
pretty mild and suitable forthem ; though late dropped lambs have in many places suffered 
considerably. ! 
Hay keeps pretty well up to its price in the different markets, and fetches from 41, 1Q3. 
to 6l. 10s. 5 Straw, 21. to SI. 3s. 3 Clover; 6]. 10s, to 71. 10s. 
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Observations on the State of the Weather, from the 24th of pFebruary 1810 ta the 
24th of March 1810, inclusive, Four Miles N.N.W. of St. “Paul's, 
Barometer. Thermometer. 
Highest, 29-7. Feb. 28. March 22. Wind W. Higheft, 56°. March 9. Wind 
Lowest, 28°55. March 6. Wind East. Lowest, 28°. At ae AY ot ae 
: In the middle of be ele gk 
Greatest the day, March 9,| Greatest ra Bok 1¢ Morning of 
variation in + 5-tenths / the mercury was at| Variationin & 12°. pokes “th inst. stood at 
24 hours. 28-9 & atthe same| 24 hours. - and on the next 
; day at the same hour ic 
hour on the 10th it . ; 
ip § ao 
had risen to 29°4. ree higherthan - hae 
Tue quantity of rain fallen since cur last Report, is equa] to nearly two inches in depth. 
This all fell toward the beginning of the month: some slight showers occurred about the 
middle of it, but during the last twelve days it has been perfectly fair weather 5 and from the 
17th to the 24th inclusive, the days were remarkably brilliant, scarcely a cloud, intervening 
from morning to evening. The heaviest snow that we have experienced during the winter, 
fell on the 6thvof March: the thermometer during the whole fall being several degrees 
above the freezing point, it could not lay long, and on the following day the rain was as 
abundant as the snow had been heavy. ‘The wind has been variable, but during the last 
fortnight it has blown from the easterly points, and from those points we may expect it tor 
some weeks tocome. Vegetation fortunately, is not so forward as to be injured by the 
bleak breezes, nor by the frosts which have occurred, and which may still be expected. The 
average temperature for the month is 42-952: and the mean height of the barometer is 99.3, 
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Errata tn Last Montn’s NumBerR.—Page 108, col. 2, 1.5, for decided, read divided, 
-—P. 115, col. 1. 1. 24, for statement, read document.—-P. 134, col. 2, 1. 34, tor Edinburgh, 
tead edition of. ; 
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TO CORRESPONDENTS. — 
A communication having some time ago appeared in the Monthly Magazine of December ra 
1806, reflecting on the members of King’s coliege, of Aberdeen, in regard to the management 
of their BURSARIES, the Editor feels it his duty to scate, that he finds, on satisfactory infore 
mation, that it contained an unfounded calumny on that learned and respectable body. He 
shinks it therefore an act of justice to muke this explanation, 
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