TKANSACTIONS 



OF 



THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTUEAL 

 SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. 



OX THE AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTIES OF EDINBURGH 

 AND LINLITHGOW, AND THE INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS 

 AND DEVELOPMENT OF THESE COUNTIES DURING 

 RECENT YEARS. 



By Thomas Farrall, Aspatria, Carlisle. 



[Premium — Fifteen Sovereigns.1 



Introductory Remarks. 



The agriculture of the Lothians already possesses a considerable 

 literature, especially the county of Haddington, which has often 

 formed the subject of essays, reports, and reviews. In the present 

 paper it is our intention to describe the agriculture of Mid and 

 West Lothian, which are embraced in the counties of Edinburgh 

 and Linlithgow. The two Lothians under consideration lie side 

 by side, and on the north are washed by the waters of the estuary 

 ot the river Forth. They are therefore situated in the eastern 

 part of the southern division of Scotland. The figure of Edin- 

 burgh proximates closely to that of a half moon, resembling, on a 

 coloured map, the outstretched wings of a butterfly. Its extreme 

 length from east to west is about 36 miles, and its breadth 

 from north to south about 24 miles. The superficial area 

 was computed by the authors of " Caledonia," and of the 

 "Agricultural Survey of Mid-Lothian," at 229,120 and 227,8:i2 

 imperial acres respectively; but more recently it has been 

 ascertained on reliable authority, that the area is 367 square 

 miles, or 234,926 statute acres. Mid-Lothian lies between 

 .05' 39' 30" and 53° 59' 20" north latitude, and between 2' 52' and 

 3° 45' 10" lon^^itudc west from Greenwich. The shire contains 



