The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-11 00:00:00

RESULTS OF THE HARVEST IN

SCOTLAND.

The harvest being now nearly over and the crop well
secured we may form an approximate estimate of the re-
sults. In Aberdeenshire grain crops are reported gene-
rally as a fifth below the average, but fair sampleo
theand
average weight. In Argyllshire the yield is up to
return average. In Ayrshire wheat is bulky, but grain defici-
ent ; oats are deficient in bulk, but fine in quality, and
weigh well. In Berwickshire the harvest is late, and the
few samples offered in the market do not promise well.
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great deal of it light ; oats are light, and all the cereals
are below the average. The returns for East Lothian
show a deficiency of one-fifth and the quality mixed. In
Fifeshire spring-sown wheat is turning out well ; other
sorts are deficient. The report for F,eo,ar
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Kirkcudbright
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fine.fully• ulpo.
11 L. • but oats an average crop.
inlithgowshire oats are good and up to the
turn
wheat
is
deficient,
average, barley 3 lb. under the full weight. Mid-
Lothian wheat bulks well, but the grain is not turn-
ing out to the satisfaction of the farmer. The wheat crop
in Morayshire is fair, but scarcely an average. In the
county of Nairn the returns are very fair. The wheat
crop is fully an average in Peeblesshire ; barley also
good. The cereals in Perthshire are rather light, but of
good quality. In the Renfrewshire district the quality is
very fine, but the returns from the mills are somewhat
deficient. Iu Ross-shire the cereals generally are under
the average. The returns for Roxburghshire show good
spring wheat, but winter sorts deficient ; oats fair, bar-
ley bulky, but of poor quality. In Selkirkshire oats are
up to the average ; other cereals rather under it. In the
county of Sutherland oats give from 8 to 10, barley
from 4 to 6, and wheat only 4 bushels the acre, the qua.
lity very good ; and in Wigtonshire the yield is short,
but quality fine. Potatoes aro generally good, and tur-
nips above the average. For home and local consump-
tion the deficiency in the cereals will be more than made
up by the surplus on the green crops, so that upon the
whole Scotland will be found to have contributed her full
etation.
share to the staples of veg

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