Ten Years of East LotJiian Farmiiu/. 99 



Approximately, the quantities are as follows, viz. : — 



£. s. d. 



35 squares roof, at 21s 36 15 



38 „ tiling, at 15.S 28 10 



3 „ tiles, pointed 12 



10 base stones and foundations 2 10 



200 ft. ridge stone, at 7(7 5 IG 8 



50glasstilcs 2 10 



£. s. d. 



216 ft. 6.-in, spouting 5 8 



Less value of l-in. spout removed .. 2 14 



2 14 



IS ft. down pipes and heads 110 



1 GO ft. lin. oak posts, at lOtZ 6 13 4 



iron (bolts screw) for posts 10 



Cutting holes iu walls for beam cuds .. .. 5 



£87 17 



At 6.\ per cent, the interest on the above amounts to 5/. 145. 2d. 

 per annum, being a charge of 75. Id. per head on the 15 cattle 

 which, since the yard was covered, it is found it will amply 

 accommodate. Few practical men will doubt that, apart from 

 other concomitant advantages, the benefit accruing to the animals 

 from superior comfort will fully repay this cost. 



Kirhleathain, Bedcar, Yorkshire, 

 December 7, 1864. 



VII. — Te7i Years of East Lothian Farmim/. 

 By E. Scot Skirving. 



We can well imagine that a southern Englishman, travelling 

 for the first time to the north by the East Coast line of railway, 

 may experience something like surprise upon passing into Scot- 

 land. He may not be of those whose conception of Caledonia 

 is that of a region entirely covered with heather, and shrouded 

 in mist, a land whose unbreeched inhabitants subsist upon 

 oatmeal and whisky, and stone all those who " gather sticks " 

 upon the Sabbath-day. A et our trayeller may have some pre- 

 conceived ideas which are likely to Ije disturbed when he sees 

 around him a district as dry, as thoroughly cultivated, and 

 frequently as level, as his own. This surprise is likely to be 

 heightened by the fact that, as he approached the northern 

 extremity of England, he found himself passing through a cold, 

 dreary, ungenial tract of country, which seemed a for(»taste of 

 worse things to come. Berwickshire and the Lothians have, 

 however, no claim to represent "the land of brown heath and 

 shaggy wood ;" and their fields have long been ploughed by 



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