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wards of 350* Scotch acres. This is let to a diſtiller, who lives in the Carſe, and occupies better than 200+ Scotch acres there. His great command of the richeſt manure in- duced the proprietor to let it to him, as great part of the farm was but poor land, on a cold till-bottom, and much

neglected.

Rents, Terms of Payment, and Length of Leaſes.--The rents, in this diſtrict, muſt vary conſiderably, as the carſe-lands are very fertile, and ſome of the mooriſh grounds of little or no value.

The carfe-lands, in the pariſh of Logie, are let from 30 to 30 ſhillings F the Scotch acre. Some farms, in this pariſh, belong to hoſpitals in the town of Stirling. The managers have lately let ſome by roup or auction; and one farm, con- fiſting of about 36|| Scotch acres, was let for 31. 58. Sper Scotch acre.

In the pariſh of Tillycoultry, the rents of the low grounds, along the ſides of the Dovan, are generally from 15 to 25 Mhillings per Scotch acre. In the poorer grounds, ſome lands may let for 10 ſhillings** per Scotch acre: but a great part of them cannot be worth more than 4 or 5 ſhillings++ per Scotch acre.;

The lands in the vale, when encloſed, are much liked by the butchers, who generally take them. They are commonly let by auction in the month of April, to-be poſlefſled by the leffgee or tackſman from Whitſunday to Martinmas. The rent commonly runs from 30 to 50 ſhillings the Scotch acre. This rent is paid for ſown graſs(which chiefly con- üſts of red and white clover, and rye-graſs),. there being little old graſs in the whole diſtri&. There 18, however, one encloſure of old graſs, of uncommon fertility: it has

* Correſponds nearly to 4442 Eng. acr. T Nearly 254 Eng. acr. 3 Nearly 245. or 395. 4d. per Eng. acre.|| Nearly 453 Eng. acr. S Nearly 515. 1d. per E. acr. TJ Nearly 115. 9d. and 205. Per E. acr. *& Nearly 75. 104, per E, acr. TE Nearly 35. 14; and 35. 11d. Der

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