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to.call them. Theſe perſons are almoſt.univerſally. ignorant of: country: buſinels; their whole merit with their conſti- tuents conüfts in the.regularity: with which they: colle& the rents.. This is oft. times very uſeful, but when univerſal- 1y pra&iſed,(without attending to perſons and.circumſlan« ces), becomes a nniſance. As to modes of culture, the ſtate of buildings, fences, roads,&c. all of them points of. very great importance, mighty little attention is. paid. A law- ſuit is 2 notable advantage to them; which they ſeldom fail to generate, by. coercing tenants, irritating neighbours, and by other methods much eafier felt than expreffed. OF this improper ſyſtem. of. management, ſundry famous inſlances are to be found in this county«.
Upon a careful examination of the many and various courſes of huſbandrz attempted to be eſiabliſhed by pro- Pprietors amongſt their tenants, it is confidently believed, that none can be ſo certainly relied upon for accompliſhing the purpoſe intended, than binding the tenant, by his leaſe, to preſerve a certain proportion of his farm,(according to ſoil and climate), coz/anrtly in graß, and to leave it ſo at his removal. This, enforced by a ſuitable penalty per acre, in the event of- deviating from the plan laid down, ſeems to be the ze plus ultra of a proprietor's care.--It is ſaid by Jawyers that effe& will be given in a court of juſtice to a ſyſtem of this nature; but upon this ſubje& we muſt wait with patience for my Lord Judges deciſion.
Upon the whole, the advantages to cultivators to ſettle in this diſtri&t, eſpecially in the lower parts of it, are manifeſt- 1y great.--Every article of produce fetches a high price; and finds ajready ſale.'In many caſes it is not even neceſ- ſary to carry the crop to market, the bidders for it are ſo numerous, that they often vome to the barn-doors and offer for the corn before it 15 threſhed out, and afterwards tranſ- port it themſelves- without giving'the farmer any. trouble. „-With reſpet to /abour, wages are not high compared with other counties of Scotland; and in all the ſeaſons when additional hands- are required; fuch as /eed-tzme, hay
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