1804. On the Hushandry of yjyrslirc, 715 



writer of this paper can r.ppeal to all the collectors, supervi- 

 sors, or surveyors, belonging to the south of Scotland, to bear 

 ■witness to the truth of this assertion ; and he wislics that 

 Scotland should paj- a luir and reasonable proportion of the 

 public taxes, but no more than tiiis proportion. 



P. S. Since this Paper went t(^ the Press, the Writer of it 

 has been informed that a Series of Experiments arc just now 

 carrying on at Edinburgh, in order to ascertain the compara- 

 tive values of English and Scotch barlej, and of bear or big. 

 From the character of the able chemists, to whom tlie con- 

 ducting of tliese experiments has been comniitted by the 

 Higliland Society, a fair and full comparison is to be expected, 

 of what different kinds of grain are submitted to trial. But 

 the Writer of this Pajier must observe, that, from the un- 

 commonly dry season, and early harvest in 1803, all Scotch 

 grain, whether barley or bear, will be at least 15 percent, 

 better than its average value ; and that all the inferior grain 

 ')f 1802 has-been made into meal, or given to black cattle or 

 horsci-, being really cheaper than oats ; and only the best bear 

 of 1 802 now remains unmalted, or unground. So that the trial 

 will be ujifavourable to Scotch barley, and still more to bear 

 or big. G. S. K. 



FOR THE farmer's MAGAZINE. 



On the Hushandry of Ayrshire, 



The Count}^ of Ayr is of great extent, reaching from v.'ithin 

 a mile of Cairn at Lochryan to Kelly-bridge, within twelve 

 miles of Greenock ; a fpace of about 64 miles in length, and 

 whicli is in many places confiderably above 20 miles in breadth, 

 forming a beautiful femicircle along tlie fhores of the Firth of 

 Clyde. It is divided into three didrii^s, Carrick on the foulh, 

 Kyle in tlie middle, and Cunningham on the north ; and is upon 

 th.e whole a rich fertile country ; there are few more fo, perhaps, 



in Scotland of the fame extent The whole of this extenfive 



land may be faid to be a tillage coujitry, with the exception of a 

 very few parifhes in Kyle ; rather more than the half of Carrick, 

 and fome of the Skirts of Cunningham, along the w^'edern verge of 

 the county of Renfrew. In thele three diftrifts the foil varies 

 confiderably in its quality, nature points them out as requiring 

 a dil>crent management. 



Tlie diilricl of Cunningham, which is feparated from Kyle by 

 the river Irvine, and is generally conlidered as the richefl of the 

 three, is almoil one widely extended plain of good land, where, 



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