200 On the Culture cf Ruta Bt:ga, May 



here the tables are turned, and the confignee, befiJcs run- 

 ning: all rifks, is fubje^led to an additional charge, merely be- 

 canfe he takes the trouble of a£llng for the landlord or clergy* 

 man. 



I am well aware tliat, as ihe Eaft-Lothian mode of ftriklng the 

 fiars received the fancllon of our fupreme Scotifh law court in 

 1773, no alteration can regularly be made without its interfer- 

 ence. I prcfume, the judice and expediency o\ an alteration 

 being evident, that this might be eahly obtained, either by an 

 amnion of declarator, or, which would be better, by a petition 

 from the karned gentleman who a<fls as Sheriff". I leave others, 

 however, to determine upon the mo(l proper means ; but am 

 certain uiiat relief in one way or other ought to be beflowed. In 

 my humble opinion, if the old mode of flriking the iiars is re- 

 tained, that i?, if they continue to be made up in fuch a way 

 as to exclude grain fold on cheap market days from having any 

 rveight in determining what, in reality, conflitutes the fiats of 

 the county ; and if the extra charge of two and out half per 

 cent, is lutFered to remain ; then I am warranted to afhrm that 

 every perfon, who pays either rent or ftipend according to the 

 rates fo eftablithed, is grofsly injured, beinj^, in common fea- 

 fons obliged to pay from hx to eight per cent, higher than a fair 

 r.verage of prices would jultify, and a great deal more in fome 

 vear?, when grain is more variable in quality, and prices more 

 iiucluating. I am yours, ^'C. 



N. B. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER S MAGAZINE. 



Oji the Culiure of Rut a Baga. 

 Sir, 



If your Magazine (hall continue to advance in reputation a* 

 hitherto, or eve?) if it (liail retain its prcfcnt extenijve circula- 

 tion, it mull become highly advantageous in bringing, to early 

 and certain proof, every invention in mechanics connetled with 

 agriculture ; every new method of cultivating the ground, which 

 wifdom, increafed experience, caprice, or a fpiiit of adventure 

 m:-'.y luggfft; and every adoption of plans into our rural econo- 

 my, the hitlory and culture of which have not before been fa- 

 miliar to us. Had your Magazine exiiled when turnip and po- 

 t.uo<r3 were firft cultivated in the Scotilh fields, 1 am confident 

 t!\e progreis and fucccfs of theie ^CIV valuable roots would 

 iiave been niuch move rapid, by mear.s of the light which th« 

 fpccuUtions ancji /a.clts xcccrded theiviii muil hive thrown 



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