ADVANTAGES OF THE NORTH.
The Scottish Aberdonian and Lothian farmers have an advantage peculiar to the North. Almost all trade in food proceeds from south to north. The consumer favours earliness. The first and dearest potatoes we eat come from the Canaries ; the next from the Channel Islands. London consumes tons of fruit, especially strawberries; from the South Coast ; but takes no advantage whatever of the strawberries that continue to fruit in the North in July and August. All this should benefit the Southern farmer. But while ripe fruits migrate on trade winds northwards, most seeds, of farm crops at any rate, go from north to south. A very large amount of the grain and yet more of the potatoes grown near Aberdeen are sold solely for seed in southern counties ; and the extra price received is a great help to the maintenance of the perfection of the farms.
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