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know the precife obligations which were to affect him or his heirs, 

 and if he fooliflily agreed to fuch as were improper, then he 

 would have no perfon to blame but himf'elf. 



The inferences which I draw from what is faid, are, 



I^ir/?, That conftrudlive reftrliflions are a great lofs to the ten- 

 antry of Scotland, expofmg them to vexatious profecutions, and 

 occafioning much damage to individuals by the unavoidable con- 

 lequences, without benefiting proprietors or the public. 



Secoridlyy That tlie prcftation of njanagini. \n a liufb^ndman- 

 like manner, or the general claufe, however worded, ought not 

 to be applied to the mode of cropping, or the kind of gram Town 

 in the penult year of the leafe, but merely to the order and con- 

 dition in which the farm is kept or left by the occupier. 



Thirdly, That the pretence ufually afiigned for a proprietor's 

 interference, viz. fowing an exceflive quantity of whea--, is i.lto- 

 gether unfounded, providing the ground io fown is in good or- 

 der; in other words, that it was fallowed or under a green crop 

 in the preceding year. 



Fourthly, That proprietors who wi{h to lay tenants uider 

 reftri^ions, at the conclufion of their Icales, would a(ft witbi ^lorc 

 propriety were they to fpecify thelc reftr:6tions when the agree- 

 ment was entered into betwixt the parties. 



I have now to requeft your cxcufe for taking up {o much of 

 your publication, but the importance of the lubjecTt will, I trufl:, 

 juftify me in your eyes. I am your's, &c. 



Arator. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR Of THE FARMER's MlCiziNE. 



On the Improvement of Land confidered by many people as Unim- 



proveable. 



Sir, 



A MISTAKEN idea fecms to be entertained by many people, 

 refpedting the propriety of attempting to improve the upland dif- 

 trids of the country ; and a diftincSlion has been made betwixt 

 lands confidered to be improveable and thofe that are not, which, 

 in my humble opinion, is not well founded. I know very little 

 land but what may be improved confiderably, if proper means 

 are ufed ; but that thefe means can be ufed by the majority of 

 the tenantry, is a problematical point. The proprietors of fuch 

 lands ought, therefore, to ftep forward at once, and execute 

 what is necelTary : or, if extenfive improvements are not con- 



fonanc 



