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the ſeed, a large portion of the ſubſtance and ſtrength of the plant is drawn from the root»
At Héreford Midſummer Fair, wool ſold from 20s. to 295- per fone j ſome prime ſamples went at higher prices.
In the autumn of 1798 ſome potatoe apples were gathered, and in-the ſpring following the ſeeds were ſown by Mr. John Scurr, at Branthwaite Row, in the pariſh of Dean, one potatoe of which is, now growing with a leaf which meaſures ſeven inches in length, and the ſame in breadth. E
Mr. W. Rideaux, Attorney, of Kingſbridge, Devon, laſt week reaped 2 field of barley, at Buckland, near Kingſbridge; the* field compriſed about ſven acres, and has produced about forty buſhels of excellent grain per acre.
A neſt of the blackbird ſpecies, with four young birds, was lately taken in the vale of Blackmore; they are now in a high(tate of plumage, two of them black, and two perte&ly white.
About ſeventy acres of open field-land in fhe neighbourhood of Bury, the greater part copy hold, and over which there is a right of ſheep-ſhackage, was laſt week ſold by public auétion for the extraordinary ſum of 3,420l.—the rental only 6ol. per annum.
The Kendal Agricultural Society held their annual meeting on the gth of May, and diſtributed many premiums to a very handſome amount. This Society, which was inſtituted in 1779» has infuſed a ſpirit of emulation among the farmers and landholders, which has béen ofthe greateſt benéfit to the county.
So forward is vegetation in the North, that on Monday, the firſt of June,*a quantity of ripe ſtrawberries were gathered 1n the neighbourhood of Dum= fries, in an open garden.-
Two hundred and fifty loads of potatoes, each weighing 240lb. were of- fered for ſale in Mancheſter market on Monday ſe’nnight at 14s. per load, without finding purchaſers;—in the early part of the day the owners had re- fuſed 19s. per load.
Fine new potatoes were the laſt week in June, in Lancaſter Market, at five farthings per Ib. and eggs nineteen for 1s.
The Society of Agriculture in Paris propoſed the following methad to pre vent the bloſſom of truit trees from being damaged by early ſpring froſt.| If, they(ay, a hempen rope be intermixed among the branches of a fruit tree, and thé end be brought down ſo as to terminate in a bucket of water, ſhould a froſt take place in the night, the bloſſoms will“not be afeéted by it, but a film of ice, of conſiderable thiékneſs, will be formed on the ſurface of the bucket, although another bficket placed near it will not have any ice at all.
‘The hops about Farnham and Alton are of good promiſe; there are ſome ſmall patches about Cnckfield which look indiferently.
A perſon reſiding near Mr. Pitt's houſe at Holwood, lately made a pur-
® chaſe of upwards ot thirty acres of land, which he ſowed with barley laſt year, and the crop produced within twenty-five pounds of what he paid for che freehold!
A correſpondent who, during the laſt month, paſſed the greater part of Surrey, Berks, Bucks, Oxfordſhire, Hampſhire, and Suſlex, reports that the appear- ance of the grain was of uncommon promiſe.—W heat was luxuriant, healthy, ‘and forward. The oats were in many places in ſtrong and full ear, as was tbe barley about Brighton, Cuckfield, and Patcham. Potatoes, too, looked very well.—The crop of‘hay has been more abundant, and better ſaved than any harveſt for twenty years paſt.
About Sutton, Riegate, Crawley, and för a conſiderable extent to the eaſt and weſt of thoſe towns, there was a heavy fall of rain on Thurſday ſe’nnight 40 during thé night—the corn has been effentiälly benefited by the circum-
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