The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-26 00:00:00

THE CROPS.

A friend who has visited, within the last few days, by
far the greater part of Galloway, gives the following report of
the state of the crops :—Autumn sown wheat is, in general,,
bad over the whole surface of Galloway; while late sown
grain of this deseription is, is many places, very abundant.
Upon the whole, however, the wheat in Scotland will be
considerably under an average erop, although the deficiency
is likely to be compensated by the superior agricultural
wealth of England and Ireland. On the Moss of Cm, as
well as on the beautiful estate of Ifta/doon, there are many
admirable wheat fields; but amidst the almost universal
sterility of last year, the same track came beautifully into
play, and should always be talked of as a pleasing excep-
tion. Here, as in the Caress of Falkirk and Gowrie, a
a good deal of beans are grown, and never were they seen
more luxuriant. Every stalk seems to be a giant of its race,
and is so completely covered with dowers and embryo pods,
that the produce promises to be unusually large.
Oats are, if any thing too luxuriant, and should the
weather prove fine, will be as much above as they were
under an average erop last season. Nearly the same thing
may be said of barley, particularly where the • crops were
poor in 1826, and the land got what may be called an ex-
cellent rest.

The turnip's are uneommonly forward in Wigtownsbire,
and never looked better at the same early period of the,
year. In the Stewartry, they are Considerably more be-
hind, and have vegetated and improved rather slowly within
the last tan days. Potatoes promise to be most abundant;
.
so much so, indeed, that I would not be surprised to see
d. and 7d ;
But the
Stewartry stone is 'Albs., while that of Wigtownshire is
them selling in quantities at a shilling the etvt•
Rye-grass is now secure, and has been put into rick in
the best order. The quality is everywhere very fine, and
having been " cut in the sap" it will weigh Well. In
andK in
Kirkcudbrightshire
reiit
atis s
s eidn.iaagndin6d. per
rittks at
stoat. 6
261b5., and this eirsuinstance, when attended to, leaves us
little to complain of as to discrepancy of price. Last year
the price was truly frightful, and I know one respectable
innkeeper in Wigtownshire, who actually paid lad. per
stone for all the rye-gram bay he purchased; some even
paid so high as 18d. per stone for the same article.
The farmers everywhere are busy with their meadows,
and though they were rather impeded by the late rains,
they are likely to get well on now. The swathes actually
distress the scythe, and I expect to bear of many broken
ones before the whole work 111 over. Bullocks will get
plenty of food this year, and there will be no occasion to
send the hind to the hills to mow heather to bed them
through the dreary days of winter. Meadow hay is rarely
an article of commerce, bat the usual calculation is, that
it is worth about two-thirds the price of rye-grass and
clover. Those who want it to feed their cows, generally
contrive to buy it in the lump; and I know one gentleman
who lately purchased for $l. 10s. as much capital sappy
stuff as will fodder four cows during the whole winter.
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