The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-10-17 00:00:00

AGRILULTURAL REPORTS.

RERIVICKSHIRE.
The weather during the month of September win mdst
favourable for coneleding the har•ea, and &Wing in the
traits of the earth. Thera were only ninellay• us whirls
we had Witmers. and noue of them heavy, except on the
mintier of the Bth. Reaping wan generally eiincluded in
the have? part of the county from the 3d in the,sth ; and by
the middle of the month there was arareely a fialfl to eta la
our hoghest situatiosa, and if there be a spaiktAxlettaf it in
the fault of the huthandtnin. On one day the slid was so
li,gb as to occasion a little tom by shaking, but at 1141 time
there were only • few of the latest fields in Lammereitair to
trap. Wheat, is the Isarnpad, it a fair average hulk, bat
abet hen come to the market is mid to be a Ittle loferier is
quality to last yearn. crop, 5.14 in many underarms the pto•
doee pee sere is short of oar beat %ram Barley is the Oki
'fie's'," emir met, both la hollt and quality. Oats, ton,
particularly along the sea roma, and on dry soils, are abort
s. rams, sot the grain not au heavy as last year ; they bays
'sided at the mill from y to 8 stone and a half per bull of
6 Wiewleraer boatels, besides dues. Beans and peas,
though short in the straw, are otherwise reckoned • fair pro-
but none of either have yet appeared in the market.
Potatoes are 'akin up for rioter, and are plenty, and of
vied tial.ty. Turnips have not made the usual progress
mace oar last report, partly fur want of maiasser. For the
two last week.; the *owing' of wheat has proceed d in the beat
style, as the rein., were quite palmed fur the med. S.M.
Selda are rather ton dry, particulativ where the seed less
been prepared with a strong pickle. This, if more rain do
not fa,l so m, may be visible on the braird. The rerond
crop of el over is more luxuriant than any person remembers,
sad more of it has bees sod is still making into hay than in
tarry former mason. The pistons are abundant in the same
propo.tiori.ito snerh es that part of them in several iostances
v.e a cutting fur hay. The flock. and herds are to the best
....dittos; the only complaint convening them is the small
prices they bringiu the market. They have not been so low
for the last 30 years; while rents, during that period, have
been doubled or trebled. Aad, though Annie proprietors
have b+en liberal in their abatements, many still insist on
bring paid the full mutual.
At Dense new fair, bred dragiht ewes *old from 20s. to
244.; half herd lbs. t• 18.. 6.1.; and Cheviot ditto
th.. to ISt. Al St. Niaiatie, is Northumberland, bred
vise, were 3s, and Gunroutits ss. • head below the paces
ns the same fair last year. At Gifford, Cheviot ewes were
irons 104 to 125.; and 3.year old woke. 13a to lfs. At
Jedhureb rood fair, on the 25'h, there was a good show
. /cattle, many buyers, and • great deal sold, but not above
half the price they would have given three years ago. no
;rain market ie abontlantly supplied, at, wheat, old, 32.. to
xtte.; ditto, new, 28. to 325.; barley. Me. to1112a.; otos, 14a.
13 16a. per boll; and oar meal 30a. to 32e. per load of tillers
gouges Dutch.

Mr. John Fielsyson, M ohkirk, Ayrshire. t re investor sad
manufacturer of the patent lima rod or aelf-eleaning plough,
s xhiladed ;hat implement at work since oar last report, Is
this county, at Choicelee, parish of (Assiut), on the 13th;
at Itembloos, parish of Gordon. on the 14th; at Hind-
•idchin, parish of Westruther, on :he 15:k; and at Edicts-
ton Mains and lesesterios, on the IB•n and 19. h. At
all of isWeh places the teak was perftrined is a style
4rithertio unexampled. 011 best, and inuirland this plough
liss on rival. It turned up, at each of Ole above places,
Nod of this dereriptioa in the most petrel manner; while
the common plough, in the baud. of our best ploughmen,
icarerly left a .range of tillage. At the same time, by
easuging the irons, it was foes( to caret our best ploughs
on inubfilv awl leg improved Adds. Besides the excellence
sirif the workersnship, this implement powrsses the srugular
'property of cleaning itself, on the roughrst stubble, sprits,
or Ite4th ;•and, in she unaaimou■ opinion of the MUM ex-
ptrienced agriestta.ies who are prearut at the above ex.
bibitiosm, Mr. Ivnhpeo•s plough claims the decided so-
over any other ;hat was ever sees he this coins-
; in consequence of which he has already received a awn-
ter of orders for this implentemi, whirl), the►e is so ihiubt,
will be PlSultipt et, in proportion to the experteuee of its supe.
♦iur lit dityr-Oefoiter4.