ig2 Re'vteiu of the Neiv Farmer^ s Cakfidar, May 



and Lady Sinclair's private ufe, in which I have taken care to 

 lead all the roads from Edinburgh to Caithnefs by the village of 

 Dunnichen, and the habitation of your and her Ladyfhip's faith- 

 ful humble fervant, 



George Dempster. 



P.S. I cannot conclude entirely without a<^ding my thanks for 

 the agricultural reports. They are my mailers, and almofl my 

 DiiftreiTes, for I take them to bed with me ! I 



B R A N C H 11. 



REP^rElV OF AGRICULrURAL PUBLICATIONS. 



l/je New Farmer's Calendar, or Monthly Remembrancer^ for 

 all kinds of Country Bufinefs, comprehending all the ?vlaterial Ini' 

 provements in the New Hujhnndry, with the Management of live 

 Stock : By a Farmer and Breeder ; fourth Edition. SS^ P^S^^ 

 cBavo. London, Symonds. 



When, the Conftitutionalifts of France attempted to improve 

 the government of that country, the principle which guided 

 their proceedings led them to overturn every exifting inllitution, 

 however beneficial, and to enacl a new fyflem of laws, in direct 

 oppofitlon to thofe of the ancient cflablifliment. In like manner, 

 the autlior of the work now before us, who profefles to be a 

 farmer and breeder, without fufficiently inquiring into the uti- 

 lity of exiiling practices, recommends a complete revolution in 

 our agricultural fyflem. He is a keen advocate for what is called 

 the new hufbandry, and eac^erly fupports the abftvadl principle?; 

 upon which it is founded. Whether the work may be clalTed as an 

 original performance, or regarded merely as a compilation, we Ihall 

 not flop to inquire. Perhaps it is a mixture of both; but as it 

 contains tenets dcllruclive to the profperity of BritiHi hufbandry, 

 wc are in duty bound to examine it with fome attention. 



The work is divided into four principal parts, id, A preface ^ 

 which appears not to have been included in the former editions. 

 2dly,T/'^ Farmer'' s Calendar y or Monthly Remembrancer. ^^\jy Dif- 

 fer tations on the mo/l irnportant branches of the fcience and prac- 

 tice of agriculture. 4thly, On the nature and managejnent of do- 

 mejlic animals, Stc. We fhall analyze each part, according to the 

 above arrangement, and offer a few remarks. 



I . The preface, which is of confiderable length, contains " Re- 

 flections on the exiiling flate of agriculture, its merits and deme- 

 rits ; 



