THE COUNTIES OF FOEFAR AND KINCARDINE. 



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number of cattle fed than prior to 1854, and it is equally certain 

 that the average weight of beef per head is greater now than 

 twenty-five years ago. Sheep farming has increased greatly in 

 Forfar since 1854, there being a very small decrease in Kin- 

 cardine. Here also there has been a slight increase in the com- 

 parative production of meat, if not likewise of wool. 



The valuation roll is perhaps the truest mirror of the develop- 

 ment of a county, and in it these counties appear in a most 

 favourable light. The following tables show the valuation of 

 the two counties at various periods since 1674: — 



The following tables show the valuation of the different 

 parishes in the two counties now and twenty-five years ago, and 

 also the increase in each, thus indicating the parts in which 

 most improvements have been effected within that period. 



Forfar. 



