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Page 12
... bolls , half oat - meal and half barley , Linlithgow meafure ; L. 44 in money , a manfe , and a glebe of feven English acres , in all amounting to about L. 150 per annum in value . A part of the old Abbey Church is ftill used as the ...
... bolls , half oat - meal and half barley , Linlithgow meafure ; L. 44 in money , a manfe , and a glebe of feven English acres , in all amounting to about L. 150 per annum in value . A part of the old Abbey Church is ftill used as the ...
Page 50
... boll's of vic- tual . In confequence of a late procefs of augmentation , the victual ftipend is now fixed at 63 bolls . There is no pa rochial fund for the poor , excepting the weekly collections , and quarterly affeffments laid on the ...
... boll's of vic- tual . In confequence of a late procefs of augmentation , the victual ftipend is now fixed at 63 bolls . There is no pa rochial fund for the poor , excepting the weekly collections , and quarterly affeffments laid on the ...
Page 84
... boll is allowed for every 25 bolls that are threshed . The wages of a mafon and his labourer , & c . are generally fettled at fo much a rood . A hind receives 2 bolls of barley , 1 boll of peafe , and 10 bolls of oats ; he has a cow's ...
... boll is allowed for every 25 bolls that are threshed . The wages of a mafon and his labourer , & c . are generally fettled at fo much a rood . A hind receives 2 bolls of barley , 1 boll of peafe , and 10 bolls of oats ; he has a cow's ...
Page 94
... d . to 8 d . per lib .; cheefe from 4 d . to 6 d . ; wheat from 21 s . to 25 s . per boll ; barley from 18 s . to 20 s .; oats from 16 s . to 18 s . Church - Church and Stipend . The prefent church was built 94 Statistical Account.
... d . to 8 d . per lib .; cheefe from 4 d . to 6 d . ; wheat from 21 s . to 25 s . per boll ; barley from 18 s . to 20 s .; oats from 16 s . to 18 s . Church - Church and Stipend . The prefent church was built 94 Statistical Account.
Page 109
... boll or 2 Winchester bufhels , and 70 or 80 of these bolls are found perfectly fufficient for an acre of this thin , light , dry foil . Some small experiments have been made in liming , which have fucceeded to the utmost expec- tation ...
... boll or 2 Winchester bufhels , and 70 or 80 of these bolls are found perfectly fufficient for an acre of this thin , light , dry foil . Some small experiments have been made in liming , which have fucceeded to the utmost expec- tation ...
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