The Sun.
London, England, 1803-07-02 00:00:00

MONTHLY AGRICVLTUR AL REPORT.

St NC a •our Lot Report the season, upon the
ts,ht,ler, has been favourable for most of the purposes
of husbandry. The rains have had the most bene,
ficial effects` in tilling and finviarding the grain
crops ; the Wheats and B trigs have been particu,
larly, improved by them in many distriBs where
they appeared thin and light on the ground before
they fell. The Ikan and Pea Cricks are also good
in general. Return.of Wheat in Maric-lane, froth
the 6th to the itch of June, agreeably to the new
Act, Total 67,,03 quartets—average 64.5. Tod. be.
log le. 4lA.higher,than last return.
The h,ty andgrasi lands'have likewise experienced
much advantage tram the same cause, but in the more
S.lnthern Distrias they must have the effect of ten.
'dering.the hay season later than usual, and, from
the: grass springing so late, the quant i • y of Hay will
probably not be so .great as may be supposed. .The
crops however on.the•more moist hay landi appear
to he abundant. - The Value of old Hay has not been
much loweriA. In St. James's Market, Hay aver.
ages from 51. to 71. Straw tom 21..25. to 21. is.
At Whitichapel Market, Hay froth 41. to 61. 18s.
clover, 61, 6s, to'7l.los. Straw, 11. 163. to 21.
25.

The great flush of grass that has been produced
by the late falls of rain, must have much effeet in
bringing I irward the fattening cattle. .The prices
of fat and lean stock, notwithstanding, still con. ,
tinue high. At Smithfield Marker, beef sold. from.
54r. to Komi 55. to 6s. Veal 34. gd. to 6s;
and POrk 41..0 10 SU At Nevigateinht Leaden.
hail 'Markets, Beef ss. Matron 4s. 4(1. Co
55. 4d. Veal 45. 61. to 6i.,and Pol( 4.5. to ss.
liorses:ofhoth the saddle and cart kind sell high,
which probably arises in part from the great de-
mand there is for them. for military purposes.
prospect of the coming crop is very
much Inended since the middle of last month, and may
now be said to 1 promising: They'grew very fast
since 'the last rains, Itie bine.is healthy; and though
some are backolvd,. they shew vigour, and will soon
recover if the warm weather continues. They are
free from the destruaive inseCtS, the fly excepted,
in some grounds about Worceiter. On the. whole,
the Crop promises iso,ooo bags, and it may much
exceed that quantity. , 'The prices of new Hops
have fallen more-than so per cent. since September
list, • viz. from 161. los. to 81. and those of 1801
froM 101. 6s. to 4.1, roc. 'a 51. Per cwt. •
lite rain this month has been yery beneficial to
the Corn of all sorts. Wheat, except %%here the
grub has injured'it, is ii)cely to be good, and all tile
Spring Corn will he a great crop. The Hay, on hot
forward soils, will he very light ; theNittadows nod
eArl Woodlands a tolerably full crop. In some
),lines where the Swedish Turnips were sown early
in. the month, they are cut off by the fly, bite it is
thought not too late to sow the land again with the
same , sOrt. We-are getting. busy with. sowing
White Turnips.
,Clover h>r Hay is mostly cut, but
none yet carried ; the crop proves bottet than was
expeded.
Stock of all sorts continues nearly stationary
Corn a little lower. Wool is much lower, except
the fine short sorts.
It is a curious 'fan in the cultivation of Swedish
Turnips, and a proof of the high ,opinion they, are
helc in, that six years ago 'the only piece sown with
them (in the neighbourhood of the Reporter), was
'one of abut eight acres, -This year there'has not
been less than 400 acres cropped With
.this kind of
Turnip.

During the last winter the labourers etnployettby
Sir a't CHARD HILL, Bart. in his Park at !gawk*.
st,me, under the diredion• of his bead gardener,
Rle some very interesting discoveries, in tracing
the Fundations of the old fortress, called lted Cat.
fir. The remains of tivo more circular towers have
been hand, which must for several centuries have
',teen totally covered and buried under vast quanti.
ti.,fvof earth, stones, and rubbish, as many. vene.
;Ale oaks and other trees were growing on the sur-
f Pee of the ruins. The original entranee to the
t;aitle has also been discovered, and laid bare ;. as
arc likewise many pieces of the extensive ancient
walls which- nearly encompassed the whole of this
prodigious rock, and are of a surprising
yet built with an elegance which no inudern struc-
r. can lay claim tO.