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Cerman Agriculsural Literature.
Although the following liſt of Periodical Agricultural Publications îs hot cumplefe, yet it will ſerve to give our readers ſome idea of the ats teiition paid to this subje& on the continent.
1. Annzien des Akerbans, etc. Annals of Agriculture,$8 vo. Publiſhed at‘Berlin, by A. Thaer.
2. Archiv der Agricultur Chemie; Archives of Chemical Agriculture, or 4 collc&ion of Obſervations, Experiments, and Diſcoveries in Natural Hiltory aná Chcmiftry. applicable t/ Rural Economy; intended for the uſe ot Cultivators, Farmers,&c- 8vo.
3- Allgemeines laudwirthſchaftliches Magazin,&c. The General Ma- gazine of Rural Economy, 8vo. publiſhed at Halle,
4 Die Landwirthſchaft in irhem gangen Umfang. Rural Economy con- fideied in all 1s Branches, 8vo. publiſhed by M. V. Sikler, at Erfurt. The fiith volume jut publiſhed, relates more particularly to the breediùg, rearing, feeding, aná tattenig, different claſſes of domeſtic animals, and the béít remcdái?s for th: various dilorders to which they are ſubjeêét.
5. Ockonomiiche Abhandlungen; Memoirs of Rural and Domeſtic Eco- No), 8vo, publiſh-d at Dortmund, by M. Moller
6. Prakliſche Arleitung zur Jubruog der Wirthſchaftsgeſchäfte: a Pradical ¿¡ntroduétion to the knowledge of Rural Economy, for the uſe of tainers,&c. by M. G. Gericke, 8vo. with plates. The ſecond volume, lately publiſhed, contains a complete Treatiſc on Agriculture.
7. Garienmagazinz; The Gardener?s General Magazine, 8vo,. publiſhed at Wear. This work contains deſcriptions of various horticultural produélions, and remarks on their plantaticn, tranſplantation, cultivation, giatting, the influence of tie ſeaſons on their growth, and other particulars connected with the ſame ſubje&.
Fuirs, Markets, and Miscellanies. OCTOBER 7,
Fa1Rs.—Howden had all the great London dealers down at the horſe ſhow, and good horſes were ſold at bigh prices, Market-Weighton had a great diſplay ot ſheep, and well-bred wedders in good condition ſold as high as thrée pounds each, The great quantity of tood upon the ground is to be taken into the account.
Ac the 1ale of Mr. Thomas Ellman’s(of Shoreham) South-down.ewes and lambs, on Tueſday, the zoth of Scptémber, four-year old ewes fetched from 50s. to 71s. each; three-year olds, 61s. to 1078s.; two-year olds, 63s. to 1115.; and one-year olds, 58s. to 1318s. Lambs, from 45s. to 64s. each. Nearly two hundred perſons, among them ſome of the firſt agriculturiſts in thc kingdom, attended the ſale of the above incomparable(tock.
Once hundred fix-toothed wethers, the property of the Earl ot Chicheſter, were loid in one lot, at Selmſton fair, Suſſex, to a Kentiſh dealer, and fetched two hundr-d and twent pounds.
Lait barvet, a farmer, in the neighbourhood of Ripon, engaged as many reapers as filed his waggon.—As he was driving them of, another tarmer told ihem he would give each reaper hx-pence a day’ more if they would en!er int: his employ. They alt, except one woman, engaged im- medlatcly wich the latter; ſhe went home with her maſter, and at night re- ceived a guinea for her day's wages; thoſe who had gone to work tor the other farmer, of courie inſilted ona fulfilinent of their agreement, and after being funmoned betore a Magiſtrate, he was compelled to pay each ef them A guinea and hixpence a day.
OCTOBER 21,
At Leiceſter Fair, October 14, rhere was the largeſt ſhow of ſheep ever remembered, which weie gencrally ſold; ot neat cattle and horſes there was alſo a conliderable quantity; the former were heavy ſale, and of the latter there were veli y les xd vnes, Cheeſe was abundant, and ſolid from 545. to 605.;(ome few prime dairies fetched rether more»