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the morning: The ſhow of good horſes was ſmall, and very great prices were eagerly given for them; indifferent oYes were in great numbers, and fold at prices proportionally hign A very numerous company attended, and the light-Angered gentry were unufually ſucceſsful. Mr. Rhodes, of Croftor, near Wakefield, had his pocket picked, of between twenty and thirty pounds, and ſeveral other neighbaurimg gentlemen were equally unfortu- Nate

In every market in the north of England, the ſhew of cattle and ſheep have lately been very great, and the prices tolerable.

There was a large ſhew of ſtore cattle, ſheep and Jambs, at Llarelly fair Jatcly; the former rather declined in'price, ewes and lambs lold from ten and fix pence to twenty ene ſhillings the couple, and yearling ſheep trom nine Millings to twelve Ihillings each..

A gentleman of Somerletſhire, mernber of the Bath and wet of England ſociety has lately otfrred to Ihew a pair of oxen, againſt any two in Evygland, (the property of an individual grazier) for a hundred to fifty guineas, fcr greatnels of lize belt proportion of make, tatieſt in the moſt valuable points &c, the molt cowplete nniſh in the ſhorteſt Ipace of time. Theſe oxen have been grazed upon a different principle or plan to any ever wied in the weſt of England, from whence it 1s proved that cattle of the greateſt ſize can be made imwenlely fat, at a moderate expence within four or five months, after taken from graſs.

* A new mode of swindling is adopted with conſiderable effe& by allſuming zn provinciat vowns the nam-s of relpe&able fai mers.

As this is the ſraſon of the commencement of buſineſs in the dairy, milch cows and thoſe near calving obtain great prices. Notwithitanding which Zarge droves lately brought to St. Ives's market out ot the fens in a very low condition were equally bought vp.

Small pigs proper tor the dairy are dear, the larger ſort much cheaper, and 2 great Ikock on hand.

Sheep, alto" bought at all the late fairs in great plenty ſtill obtain good prices, particularly ewes and lambs provincially called couples, which are pearly as» ar as they have been for ſome ſeaſons palt.

Young freſh cart geldings are much in demand and obtain high prices.

A provincial agricultural report ſtates, that the continuance ot favourable weather has enabled the farmers to finifh the lowing of barley, and oats in ehe moſt complete manner, the land every where being in an excellent ſtate for feed and in the ſouthern diſtri&s the ſowing is nearly finiſhed. In the northern part of the kingdom alſo it is in an unulvua] ſtate of forwardneſs, “The farmers in the fens have never enjoyed a better ſeaion for their buſineſs, the low grounds promiſing great abundance«;;

The drynels of the weather has permitted the rolling of the wheat and fpring crops and has afforded a fine opportunity ot ſetting vp the turnip fall»ws. The wheat, winter tares, and the paſture improved daily. Mucha Rock has already been turned out. Fruit trees every where are in bloom,

which it is more than probable will ſuffer from the recent cold winds. The wall and the ſmaller berry fiuit in the garden promiſe great abundancg.

Shews of ſheep are taking place with great Ipirit in Lreland, in Tipperary Kilkenny, Carlow,&c,&c.;

Wool cut from diſtaled ſheep is greatly inferior to that taken from an animal in health, and the cloth made of it is deſtitute of ſtrength.

CavT10N.=The abundance of turnips at the latter end of the preſent ſeaſon, has not been very tavourable to the lambing ſtaſon, 2s a number of ewes have died in conſequence of being in too bigh condition. It is a circum= ſance that all farmers ſhould attend to, not to have any animal too lat at che time of bringing forth their young, as the pain and dificulty of partuution are inuch encreaſcd by it, 7 Dü