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ving no other manure than what they produce, these ro- 

 tations must at first be extremely gentle, if ever they are 

 intended to be put in a progressive state of improve- 

 ment. Mr Park of Windy Mains, near Dalkeith, ob- 

 serves, that he is also under the necessity of adopting a 

 gentle rotation, as his land is of very weak quality, ori- 

 ginally all outjield, being mostly covered with whins and 

 heath not many years ago. 



i. It is remarked, that near towns, where adventitious 

 manure may be obtained at pleasure, any fixed rotation, 

 to be invariably followed, is not so necessary ; on the 

 contrary, that farmers, in such situations, ought to alter 

 their systems, according as a demand is likely to arise 

 for different articles. 



3. Mr Drummond of West Bank, in the Carse of Gow- 

 rie, has tried flax on strong lands as a preparation for 

 wheat, but he found that flax is by no means a sure crop 

 in that description of soil, and that the succeeding crops 

 were very deficient, although the ground got more ma- 

 nure. He found at the same time, that the wheat after 

 flax was better in quality than after any other crop, but 

 it was deficient in quantity about one-fourth, compared 

 to wheat after fallow, and the after crops were still more 

 so, in proportion. 



4. It may be proper to conclude with observing, that 

 in the opinion of a most intelligent agriculturist, (Mr 

 Logan of Fish wick), farmers have been induced, in 

 many parts of Scotland, from the high prices of corn, to 

 plough too much ; and there is reason to apprehend, that 

 that great source of manure, namely stock, being neglect- 

 ed, sold off, or almost given up, that the soil will be ex- 

 hausted by the severity and weight of cropping, a cir- 

 cumstance, which in the course of a few years, must pro- 

 duce serious mischiefs. Importation being permitted, 



