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General View Of The Agriculture Of The County Of Stirling : With Observations On The Means Of Its Improvement / Prepared By R. Belsches, Esq. Of Greenyards, In That County ; Drawn Up For The Consideration Of The Board Of Agriculture And Internal Improvement
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verting them into plantations. It has been noticed is the courſe of this report, that woods of all ſorts, coppzces, &c. pay to the proprietors an exceeding good rent, and even where the timber 1s allowed to grow to a large ſize, Falls of that article make a good return. This is chiefly owing to the vicinity of water-carriage to almoſt every eſtate in the county, which tranſports the produd to diſtant markets at a ſmall expence, the demand in the internal parts of the county, for timber of every kind, being extremely limited. To this ſyflem one diſadvantage which exiſts prin- cipally in the higher parts of the ſhire, muſt be mentioned, that in heavy falls of ſhow, which happen(perhaps) one winter in three, the flocks of ſheep, with which the moors and high lands adjoining to them are chiefly ftocked, make their way, by the aſliſtance of the ſnow drifted againſt the walls forming the fences of ſuch plantations,(let the height be what it may), and whatſoever plantations theſe animals get into, run a riſque of being(and ſeveral have been) en- tirely deſtroyed, the ſheep nipping off the tops and whole young ſhoots of the plants, from which injury they never recover."The poor hares alſo in ſnow do conſiderable da- mage to the plantations: Their method 1s to ſkin the young trees as high as they can reach. This prevents the ſap from riſing, and is equally fatal as the other to the ſucceſs of the planter's labours.

Peat-Moſſes. Of the many peat-moſſes in this county ſome have been formed in the carf/es or low grounds ad- Joining to rivers. The general thickneſs of the moſly ſoil is from 3 to 6 feet. The ſoil underneath the moſs is equal- 1y good with that of the adjoining lands, v2z. a rich and im- proveable clay, ſo valuable that where the ſtratum of moſs can be entirely removed, the ſubſfoil may be inſtantly let from 20 5. to 30 8. per acre.--Various methods of remo- ving the moſß have been tried. The one moſt approved, and now univerſally prattiſed where attainable, is to foat it oF by the aſliſtance of a ſlream of water introduced from

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