ful construction, they are constantly going wrong, and re- 

 quire perpetual reparation *. 



i. Where a command of water cannot be obtained, 

 which is certainly the least expensive power that can be 

 employed, horses are commonly made use of; and when 

 the farms are rather of a moderate size, and where the 

 horses are rarely employed in that labour, some farmers 

 state, that they consider it rather advantageous than pre- 

 judicial to their health f ; as they are worked also, 

 only in bad weather, when other business out of doors 

 could not be attempted, they consider the threshing by 

 horses, as attended with little or no expence ; but where 

 the crop is large, and in particular where a considerable 

 proportion of it consists of wheat, and where the machine 

 is heavy, the labour must be severe. This additional la- 



* Mr Neil Ballingal states, that the advantage of a mill, 

 strong and well constructed, well managed, and with fanner-,, 

 is of the greatest importance. But a slight mill, constant- 

 ly breaking, and with no fanners, no farmer would accept 

 of in a present. 







f Mr Jack of Moncur, in the Carse of Cowrie, remarks, 

 thrtt he finds his horses, since threshing-mills have become 

 universal, mugh fairer wrought, as they are every day at 

 work, and he does not think the threshing, if the mill is of a 

 good construction, an hnrllul esercUe for the horses in winter, 

 Another farmer, (Mr Andrew of Tillilumb), observes, that 

 he dees not find much inconvenience in threshing his mill 

 by horses, nor does he think the horses much, if any thing 

 the worse for it, indeed he sometimes thinks them better, 

 as he can thus give them regular exercise even in the worst 

 <!ays of winter. He adds, that since he has had a mill, he 

 has not seen the ^mallest symptom of grease upon his horses. 

 Mr Andrew's farm, however, only consists of about i ic Scotch 

 acres, the labour, therefore, cannot be very severe. 



