.c it is at prcfent, in the courfe of forty 

 years. 



Many eminent practical farmers have ac- 

 knowledged, that the perufal of this book 

 has been of more advantage to them in the 

 laft crop, than ten times the price of it. Bat 

 the greateft recommendation of all is, that of 

 the farmers in the carfe of Gowrie, one of 

 the beft improved foils in Scotland, which is 

 iimilar to the plan of hufbandry laid down in 

 this book ; and was adopted by them about 

 lixteen. years ago. 



Thefe farmers acknowledge, that by alter- 

 ing their fcheme of hufbandry, they have as 

 much profit in one year, as they had in five 

 before. A ftriking proof of their fuccefs is, 

 that they have, within thefe feven or eight 

 years, bought eftates to the amount of be- 

 tween fixty and 70,000 1. flerling. 



A remarkable inftance of the richnefs of 

 the lands in the carfe of Gowrie, is, that 

 Lord Kinnaird, the proprietor of the farm of 

 Inchture, being about 300 acres, rented at 

 135. 6d. peracre,purchafed from his tenant Mi- 

 Thomas Hunter, the remaining five years of 

 his leafe for L. 3000 flerling, which his Lord- 

 fliip has let at L. 2 : 1 5 s. per acre for nine- 

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