|8o4. ^tmit'S by a Buchan Crofter. 2ol 



prevent the ravnges of fmall birds when^ the feeds arc fpringing, 

 ^s, at that time, fuch are exccirivcly fond of theni. Tlie lanjc 

 is a fccurity againil froft, when the plant is very 'cnder. In tlic 

 latter end of May 1802, a feafon fo frofty as materially to injure 

 the beech, hiri^, and other foreft trees, I loll my bed of baga af- 

 ter they were fprung, by negledling to give a flight cover to the 

 furface, while Oiie of my neighbours prefcivcd hi;^, plants unhurt, 

 by having taken this precaution. 



As your correfpondent R r r Intimates liis refoiutlon * not to 

 defiit from havii g two acres or fo of fallow, annually, in ruta ba- 

 ga, till experience determines pofitively, whether lo extend its cul- 

 ture, or to give it uf) altogether ; ' may I requed c.f him to fct ar 

 part a half or a quarter of that grotii.d for a cranfplanted crop ? 



A Fife Man. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER S MAGAZINE. 



^leries by a Buchan Crofter, 

 Sir, 



If you think the following queries defer^ a place in your ufe- 

 ful Magazine, it will oblige me much that they are inferted as 

 fpeedily as poflible. I feel myfelf very Incompt^tent for the fub- 

 jctf, but truft fome of your intelligent correfpondents will favour 

 me with the refult of their mveitigations. 



1. What degree of heat is necelTary to produce vegetation ? 



2. What is the mean heat of our fummer, (/. e. from the ill of 

 March to the lil of October), in Scotland, taking the mean of 

 3, 5, or 6 years ? 



3. Vv^hat degree of heat and quantity of moiilure is necellary to 

 bring the farmer's crop (corns) to perfection .'' 



4. Have we that degree of heat in Scotland ? 



5. What is the difference of fummer heat in the north and 

 fouth of Scotland ? 



6. What difference of fummer heat in North and South Bri- 

 tain ; not taking Edinburgh and London as a medium for either ? 



7. Whether the quality of the crop be proportionate to the de- 

 gree of heat i or how far the temperature of the atmofphere and 

 quality of the crop coincide ? 



As the ftate of the atmofphere is fo effentially connc£led with 

 agriculture, I beg leave to propofe, that fome of your corrcfpond^ 

 ents in each county, from Tweed to Orkney, would keep a mete- 

 orological journal. I fuppofe a few pages of your INIagazine would 

 contain all their reports, and that thefe would give a tolerable ide.-^ 

 of the quahty of the crop in general, and particularly add to tht; 

 (^tisfaftiou of many of your numerous readers, as well as that of 



A Buchan Crofter, 



