'^66 Ohfervatiotis on Lord Lauder cijle's Inquiry Ati^* 



be induced to fuppofe that thefe ftatements, calculations and refults 

 uere flamped by his authority as authentic. It is perfeflly evident, 

 however, that the Noble author only makes ufe of them, generally, to 

 fhew the fuperior advantages, both to individuals and the public, of a- 

 griculture carried on by iiitelhgent men of capital, upon a fcale of 

 iome magnitude, as contracted with the mifery and unproduftivenefs 

 of the wretched agricultural fyllem in a large portion of France under 

 the Metayers. 



• The Earl of I>auderdale will excufe a plain country man for two 

 flight oblervations. By a typographical error, his Appendix No. XIV, 

 is made to refer to p. 269. of the body of his work ; whereas the re- 

 ference ought to have been to p. 342. And in the tranOation of a 

 French letter in the fame Appendix, jotizs-marxns is rendered fea-ruflies ; 

 whereas furze, gorfe, or whins, is the real meaning. I am not quite 

 fure that brufhwood is a proper tranflation of brands ; which I believe 

 means copfe, or wood fit for making into charcoal. 



Mr James Donaldfon, as. quoted by- Lord Lauderdale (for I have 

 not fcen his own publication), eitimates the Carle of Gowrie to con- 

 tain 30,000 acres of arable land, and the total produce thereof at 

 1^2,8171. 13s. 8 d. a year, upon an average of crops and prices. He 

 nlfo eftimates the average rent of the Garle at thnty-five ihillinga an 

 Englilh acre yearly. 



He gives a particular fiatemeiit of the expenres attending the culti- 

 vation of a farm of 272 acres during fix years; by which it appears, 

 on the average, to coll 2I. 8s. 4d. annually per acre for charges of eve- 

 ry kind, independent of rent, taxes, interell of money for flock, or 

 maintenance of the farmer and his family. 



Combining all his data together, and fupplying fome very material 

 omiffions (for I contend that fuch calculations upon hypothefis never 

 can be accurate), I have endeavoured to reduce tlie whole into an ac- 

 count-current, that we may form fome judgement of the general refult.. 



Carfe of Goiurk Agriculture Dr, 



To rent of 30,000 acres, at 35s. per acre - L. 52,500 o o 



— Property Tax on the farmer at 6d. per pound Ster- 



ling ... - 1,337 10 O 



— expence of management, at 48s. 4d. per acre 73,000 o o 



— pamchial and diilrrft taxes, not lefs than property tax 1,337 10 o 



— affeffed taxes, at lol. each farm, and thefc eitimated 



at 150 farms - - _ - - i»50O o o 



— maintenance of 150 farmers' families, at lool. each, 



including clothing and education - - 15,000 o o 



— interell of llock on 150 farms, at 1500). each, al- 



lowing 15 per cent, for interell, infurance, and pro- 

 fit — 225,0001. capital in whole - - 33»750 o o 

 Contra Cr. 

 By total annual produce - L. 132,817 13 8 



By balance, being a<i^ual yearly lofs 45,607 6 4 _^ 



L. 178,425 o oL.178,425 o o 



Thus 



