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matter and tenant, which, indeed, is too often the 

 cafe. 



Farming focieties may produce a good effect, by 

 giving premiums, and alfo by employing perfons, 

 Hulled in the improvement of bog and mountain, to 

 inftrucl the people. 



Much might be done with refpeft to burning of lime 

 upon a large fcale. Public lime-kilns fhould be intro- 

 duced, and fome bounty or premium offered ; indeed, 

 without them, lime would find its own level, by charg- 

 ing a reafonable price. This is fully demonftrated by 

 Mr. Stewart aforefaid, who built a kiln feveral years 

 ago, and continues to fell the lime to his tenants at a 

 reafonable rate, and to tenants of other eftates at a 

 more advanced price than what he charges his own. 

 The good effects, produced by this inflitution, foon 

 became evident throughout his eftate, fmce, for every 

 barrel of lime, that had been formerly laid on the land, 

 twenty barrels have been ufed fince the eflablifhment 

 of the kiln. 



From my own knowledge of this county, I am in- 

 clined to believe, that, by eflablifhing lime-kilns, and 

 felling at a reafonable rate, it would be found one of 

 the beft improvements that could be introduced. 



A barrel of lime, containing thirty-fix gallons,* ge- 

 nerally cofls from 1 8</. to 2s. The carriage of lime- 



ftone, 



* The barrel fhould be forty-two gallons. 



