A P P E N D I X. 



COMPARISON between the English and Scotch Syrtems of 

 Hufbandry, as pradifed in the Counties of Northampton 

 and Perth. 



HAVING been diredled by the Pi-efident of the Board of Agriculture, 

 to draw up a comparative ftatement, of the different modes of huf- 

 bandry, pradifed in the county of Northampton, which is fituated nearly 

 in the centre of England ; and that of Perthlhire, lying near the centre of 

 Scotland, — it may be neceffary to ftate, for the information of an Englifli 

 reader, that the county of Perth is the Yorkfhire of Scotland in point of 

 extent, and pretty fimilar to the Weft Riding of Yorkfliire, and Weftmore- 

 land, in refped to furface and general appearance, there being many 

 bleak barren mountains, and extenfive lakes, in each of thefe countries. 



The Carfe of Gowrie, which may be very properly denominated the 

 Garden of Scotland, is fituated in Perthlhire. This is a track of rich deep 

 clay land, containing about 30,000 acres, fuperior in fertility to any in 

 Scotland, and not to be furpalTed by any of the fame extent in England. 



In order to form a corred: idea of the rural economy of the two di- 

 ftricls, prior to the introduction of improvements in the modes of Agri- 

 culture in either, it may be proper to obferve, that previous to the year 

 ncc, the ft ite of fociety in England and Scotland, appears to have been 

 pretty much the fame. 



About that period. King Alfred divided the kingdom of England into 

 tithing'- and hundreds ; and the honeft inhabitants of every village or 

 touiiihip, became by that law anfvverable, in their own private fortunes 

 and property, for all the houfe-breaking, robberies, and other depreda- 

 tions, committed within their refpedlive diftrids, and were alfo bound, to 

 aff'iciate with their neighbours in arms, in order to reprcfs every aQ. of 

 violence, and to maintain peace and public order. In Scotland, before 

 the laws came to be properly refpecled, or the executive government pof- 

 feffed that power and ..uthority, neceffary to prevent the great feudal Ba- 

 rons, and their dependents, from haraffing and diftreffing their lefs povver- 



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