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provements, invented the Rutherglen plough, an inſtrument well known, and much uſed in the weſt of Scotland.

Harrows, Carts,&c.&Gc.--being generally of the ordi- nary conſtruction adopted in the neighbouring counties, and which have been deſcribed in their ſurveys, do not merit a par- ticular deſcription. It may, however, be obſerved, that amongſt a conſiderable number of farmers here, there has of late been 2 ſpirit for introducing all improved implements of huſbandry, whichare adaptedto the ſeveral ſoilsin the diſtri, andthe nature of the crops produced upon them. A ſpirit for agricultural im- provements, if regulated by ſolid judgment, proves highlybene- ficial, not only to the individuals poſleſled of it, but to ſociety at large. Thatwhich has been imbibed in the active and enterpriſ- ing years of youth, bids faireſt for[ucceſs, eſpecially that which has been acquired from the rational converſation and well di- reCted example of intelligent and experimental agriculturiſts. Being thus early eſtabliſhed upon the moſt ſolid baſis, it is not afterwards eaſily permitted to roam after idle fancies, without any foundation of reaſon and experience for its guide; or to engage in extravagantly expenſive ſchemes, which have brought thouſands of adventurers to ruin, and thereby had a great tendency to bring diſcredit on improvements of every kind. It is equally averſe, on the other hand, to reſt ſatisfied with old cuſtoms,- merely becauſe they have been long in practice; or to forbear making an experiment, becauſe it may be attended with labour and expence. Perſons who are bappily poſfſleſſed of this highly commendable turn of mind, are kept from encouraging themſelves in indolence and Noth. They are awake to reaſon, open to conviCion, and always in ſearch of rational improvements, wherever they are to be found. The lovers of agriculture ſhould be at due Pains to in- ſtil into the minds of their pupils a turn for uſeful experl- ments, and endeavour, by their example and converſztion, to

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