The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 1 |
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Page 55
... grass , are rarely fown in the parish . The fowing season here ufually begins about the 10th of March ; and in good years , the harvest is con- cluded about the Lft week of October ; but this year having been been uncommonly wet , the ...
... grass , are rarely fown in the parish . The fowing season here ufually begins about the 10th of March ; and in good years , the harvest is con- cluded about the Lft week of October ; but this year having been been uncommonly wet , the ...
Page 69
... grass , red and white clover , and turnip . But the farmers are prevented from great exer- tions by the high rents , the great expence of manure , the badness of the roads , and the diftance of markets . The in- crease crease of corn is ...
... grass , red and white clover , and turnip . But the farmers are prevented from great exer- tions by the high rents , the great expence of manure , the badness of the roads , and the diftance of markets . The in- crease crease of corn is ...
Page 79
... grass . Cultivation and Produce . - Agriculture has undergone a great change in the course of a very few years . Inftead of five or fix fucceffive white crops , the farmers will feldom allow two to follow each other ; for they derive ...
... grass . Cultivation and Produce . - Agriculture has undergone a great change in the course of a very few years . Inftead of five or fix fucceffive white crops , the farmers will feldom allow two to follow each other ; for they derive ...
Page 101
... time occupied their own lands , and kept them in grass , which , of course , diminished the number of inhabitants . The lands being afterwards properly properly divided , were let in larger farms , and of Coylton , 101 Coylton ΙΟΙ.
... time occupied their own lands , and kept them in grass , which , of course , diminished the number of inhabitants . The lands being afterwards properly properly divided , were let in larger farms , and of Coylton , 101 Coylton ΙΟΙ.
Page 112
... grass glebe . About a century ago it belonged to the Lords of Bargeny . There are no veftiges about it to discover when it was built , or by whom inhabited . The minifter has been told , that the prefent Lord Hailes takes notice of it ...
... grass glebe . About a century ago it belonged to the Lords of Bargeny . There are no veftiges about it to discover when it was built , or by whom inhabited . The minifter has been told , that the prefent Lord Hailes takes notice of it ...
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acres alfo almoſt alſo annum antient Appin arable average barley befides beſt black cattle bolls called cattle chalders church coaft coal confiderable confifts courſe Cramond crops Cupar diſtance diſtrict eaſt Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence faid fame farmers farms feems fervants feven feveral fheep fhore fide fince firſt fiſh fituated fize fmall foil fold fome fometimes fouth fown fpirit fpring ftill ftipend ftone fuch fummer fupply fynod glebe grafs greateſt ground harveſt heritors hill horfes horſes houfes houſe inclofed increaſe inhabitants interfected iſland Jedburgh Kiltearn labour laft land laſt late Lifmore lime manfe marriages Martinmas Meigle miles minifter moft moſt muſt nearly neighbourhood neral oats occafionally parish paſture peats perfons plough poor population Portpatrick prefbytery prefent proprietors raiſed refide rent river roads ſchool Scotland Scots ſeveral ſheep ſmall ſtate Sterling ſtone Stranraer tenants thefe themſelves theſe thoſe town turnip uſed veffels village wages weft