CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER. PAGE. 



I. INTRODUCTORY STAGNATION OF AGRICULTURE DURING 



THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 1 



II. TOPOGRAPHICAL AND SOCIAL, 7 



III. RURAL OCCUPATION OLD LAND MEASURES, . . 13 



IV. CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL, 1700-1800, ... 19 



V. FIRST IMPROVERS AN EARLY AGRICULTURAL ESSAY, . 24 



VI. IMPLEMENTS OF THE FARM THE TWAL OWSEN PLOUGH, 32 

 VII. RESULTS OF CULTIVATION PERIODS OF FAMINE, . 41 



VIII. THE BAD HARVEST OF 1782 EFFECTS IN TOWN AND 



COUNTY OF ABERDEEN, 48 



IX. LIVE STOCK EARLY IMPROVERS HIGHLAND REIVERS, 60 



X. LIVE STOCK CATTLE DEALING AND DROVING, . . 68 



XI. COUNTRY FAIRS THEIR ORIGIN AND CHARACTER, . 77 



XII. ROADS AND ROAD-MAKING STATUTE ' LABOUR FIRST 



TURNPIKES, 83 



XIII. IMPROVED LOCOMOTION THE EDINBURGH FLY 



SCORGIE'S CARAVAN, 92 



XIV. EARLY AGRICULTURAL IMPROVERS IN ABERDEEN AND 



KINCARDINESHIRES, 101 



XV. CHARLES RACKET OF INVERAMSAY, . . . .108 

 XVI. AN AGRICULTURAL TOUR ANDREW WIGHT, SURVEYOR 



DR. JAMES ANDERSON, 116 



XVII. DOMESTIC LIFE AND SOCIAL HABITS DRESS FOOD 



DRINK 127 



XVIII. DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES AND OUT-DOOR LABOUR, . . 134 



