i5o>] On the Benefit ofhtfwg a Stod of Swlne^, tf) 



the depredations of his neighbours. Tliefe are all permancnn 

 improvenients; and, agreeable to the principles of juftice, fhould 

 be executed at the Ible expence of the proprietor. 



I am fenlible, that in feveral diftrias much around is to be 

 found that is not worth fuch improvements as I have defcribed 

 but thefe need not on that account be negkaed. They ounhc 

 to be planted with luch varieties of timber trees as are moft a- 

 dapted to their foil and climate. Wood land anciently prevailed 

 m Scotland to a great extent ; and there leems no real reafon 

 why It might not Hill thrive if proper care was taken to protect 

 plantations in their early llage. The deadly feuds of the mili- 

 tary Barons in former times, and the letters of fire and fword 

 JiTued by our bw courts,, contributed to the deftruaion of the 

 numerous forefts with which Seotland was interfperfed ; and ifc 

 is now time to reftore them, feeing. th?.t fo much land Vto be 

 found not calculated for improvement in any other way. To 

 encourage tenants to plants timber ought ta be confidere'd as a 

 crop, which he that fowed might alfo cut. 



Fuel is now confidered by many people as one of the neceffa- 

 ries of life j, and alTurediy it is of "importance to provide a full ' 

 fupply for the comfort of the inhabitants. In many diftricla 

 much time is loft in digging, and preparing peats which might be 

 devoted to better purpofes were coalmines more attentively' 

 fought afrer. It would therefore be an advifeable meafure foV> 

 the gentlemen of every county to imitate Dumfriesfliire in makl 

 mg mincralogical furveys ; the expence would not be great, bu?- 

 the benefit would be imraenfe, Your's, &c. 



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TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE, 



On the Benefit of keeping a Stock of Swine, 

 Sir, 



It appears to me that a conaderabie advantage m]j»ht be 

 gamed from keeping a greater number of fwine upon n'ilao^ 

 iarms tnan is ulualiy done ; and I (hall Oate the grounds of this 

 opinion m a concife and dillin<a manner. 



Swine are the only variety of granivorous animals that can be 

 fed upon the ofFal of grain, or fuch articles as would ocherwifr 

 gp to walle about a farm lieading. Since the erecTion of thrcOi- 

 log mathiues^ a m'lch greater quantity of light ^rain is beat 



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