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give them a reliſh for aftivity 3 and&rive to lead them on, it poſlible, to higher degrees of perfe&tion, even in:the moſt im- proved parts of huſbandry. As example 1s better than pre- cept, it will greatly facilitate the work, by taking them, on the one hand, to the field of the fuggard, and pointing out to them the diſgrace and miſery of idleneſs and inattention 3 and ſhowing them, oy the other, the well dreffed farm of the ative and intelligent improver, and the honour and happineſs which are the attendants of manly and well dire&ed exertions.

Thraſhing Mills have, although ſparingly, made their ap- pearance in the county, and are conſidered as a valuable im- provement, not only for expediting work, but thrafhing much cheaper and cleaner than by the fail. It is believed that a ſaving of at leaſt one boll out of ſixteen-is made, which is an obje& of great importance, not only to farmers, but to the country at large*.

Crops cultivated.--“As more than half of the county is in paſture, and the moſt of that natural, the cultivated crops make but a ſmall figure. Qazs, Barley and Peaſe, have long been the chief crops raiſed in the county. Beans are ſometimes ſown broadcaſt-ways, in the ſtiffer parts of the ſoil, with profit. Theſe, however, and likewiſe peaſe, are conſidered as precarious crops. The returns may, at an average, be ſix for one- Wheat has lately been ſown in ſome places with advantage, but the quantity is extremely

' mall. Clover and Ryegraſi are cultivated, and, when made

into hay, find, in the neighbourhood of Kinroſs, 2 ready and profitable market. Conſiderable attention has lately been paid to the raiſing of Turnips; and it is believed that the cul-

tivation,

* In an experiment made with a thraſhing mill near Edinburgh, when wheat Was at its higheſt price laſt ſeaſon, one boll in eight was ſaved. But theſe mills operate variouſly, according to the proportions of the wheels, and the force em- ployed. Much depends alſo upon the judicious management of the force.