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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: hushel. M lic;d has had a considerahle rise of late on thenews of a continuance of the emhargo in America, the idea fondly entertained of the repeal of which was truly ahsurd. Still greater hreadth of wheat, hoth in the South and the North, has and will he sown this year; and, ahonld the summer prove I'.i- vonrahle, Britain will assuredly need no foreign supply. Live stock plentiful and dear, the criterion of real opulence. All cattle food scarce and dear, straw excepted, which a plentiful and cheap. London markets supplied in profusion, the commodity rather ordinary. The Victualling Office continues killing. Smkhfield. Beef 4s. tote. 8d. Mutton,4s. 4d. to 6s. Veal, 5s. to7s. Lamh, 15s. to 25s. per quarter. Pork, 6s. to 7s. 6d. Bacon, 6s. 6d. Irish do. 6s. 6d. Fat, 6s. 4d. Skms, 15s. to SOs. FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. From the continuance of severe and inclement weather during the course of the preceding month, the progress of the plough as well Ms that of the dung cart has heen unusually retarded; and no heans have as yet any where heen gown or drilled. As no out-door work could he done, the flail and threshing- mill were only attended to. The wheats, rye, and winter tares, have heen well secured hy snow; hut it is much to he feared thai, the turnip crops will suffer from excess of moisture, which may occasion them to rot in some situations. Cattle of all sorts have required much'fodder; and feeding sheep, ewes with early lamhs, have made hat Tittle progress, from the inclemency ot the season, notwithstanding their large Consumption of hay, which has recently advanced considerahly in price, consequently the fairs and markets for lean store cattle are very low; good horses and porking pigs heing the only stock which are in request, and at advanced prices. Heas...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217280136 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217280137 |
| Weight | 1.36 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.93 In |
| List Price | $38.69 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 420 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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