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General View Of The Agriculture Of The County Of Clackmannan : And Some Of The Adjacent Parishes, Situated In The Counties Of Perth And Stirling / By John Francis Erskine, Esq. Of Mar ; Drawn Up For The Consideration Of The Board Of Agriculture And Internatl Improvement
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In the pariſh of Culroſs, the farms are-in general ſmall;. from 1 to 2, or at the moſt, 3 ploughs of land. A plough of land is reckoned from 40* to 50| Scotch acres. There are not many feus in it, and they are but ſmall.

In the pariſh of Tullyallan, the farms are generally ſtill

ſmaller than in the neighbouring one of Culroſs; ſome not.

exceeding 30+ Scotch acres. There are 4 farms, from. 50|| to 80 5 Scotch acres each. One farm, indeed, conſiſts of 500 T Scotch acres: but of theſe, there are 300** of very poor ſoil, on a,cold till; and little elſe to be found on the ſurface, but ſhort heath, which keeps a few ſheep and black cattle. There are not many feuars.

Pariſhes of Clackmannan and Alloa. There are about 50 Scotch acres of feus in the pariſh of Clackmannan. Theſe are divided among 37 feuars.; none above 5++ Scotch JCYES; NAnd TOMe 1Carcey«. teind or tithe of theſe. feus, was formerly drawn in kind, by the proprietor of the eſtate of Clackmannan: but the teind was fixed at 28 bolls, which correſponds nearly to 22 quarters 3 buſhels. About 25 years ago, inſtead of drawing the grain, it was converted into money-rent;, at the rate of 65. 84. IT per Scotch acre.

"There are about 6 feus in the pariſh of Alloa, none of which.

conſiſt of more than 13 or 14||||| Scotch acres.

Although there are ſome ſmall farms in theſe two pariſhes, yet they are, in general, conſiderably larger than in any other part of this diſtrit. The farms in the Carſe runs from 30 56 to 60 JT or 80,X** Scotch acres. There are 3 farms in the Carſe, of 180+4 Scotch acres-each. One farmer occupies

2 of theſe farms. They are near one another, although they

are in different pariſhes. In the higher grounds, the farms run from 50 J44. to 280 III||| Scotch acres. There is one farm up

* Correſponds nearly to 50 Engliſh ſtatute-acres.+ Nearly 63 E. acr. 4 Nearly, 38 E. acr.|| Nearly 63 E. acr. S Nearly 101 E. acr: TF Nearly 635 E. acr. X% Nearly 381 E. acr.++ Nearly 6 E. acr. 4 Nearly 55. 3d. per Eng. acre. II| Nearly 16% or 175 Eng. acres, SS Nearly 38 E. acr. TA Nearly 76&X E. acr.%*%% Nearly I0I1X E. acr. +44 Nearly 2285 E,. acr. 444 Nearly 633 E.acr.||||| Nearly 3555 E. acr,

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