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boiirhood ; and that though the Carfe of Gowrie, properly fo called, is as 

 clofely inhabited as Northamptonfhire, yet the inhabitants ot" Perthfliire 

 bear no proportion to thofe of Northamptonfliire, when the extent of the 

 two counties are compared, and therefore the Perthfliire farmer, muft 

 look to a diftant market for the fale of his furplus grain, which he gene- 

 rally finds at Lcith or Glafgow, and which he avails himfelf of by means 

 of the Frith of Tay, and the inland navigation which is opened between 

 the Forth and Clyde, by which grain is tranfported from this laft men- 

 tioned county, to Glafgow, which is the bell market in Scotland. But 

 the farmer in Perthfliire, mufl; be at an expence greater perhaps than the 

 difference above fl;ated, in conveying his grain to the bell market ; or, 

 which is the fame thing, mufl: fell his grain on terms fo much lower, as to 

 enable the merchant to tranfport it with advantage to himfelf. 



DIFFERENCE of the Value of the returns by the Acre, in each of 

 the Counties. 



NORTHAMPTON-SHIRE. 



25^ bufliels wheat, the produce -of one 

 acre, at 6 s. old. L. 7 13 o|^ 



31 bufhels barley, at 2 s. 11 d. 4 10 5 

 42 ditto oats, at 2 s. 2 d. 411 



2i4 ditto beans, at 3 s. p-j- d. 4 i 6^ 



Total average j6fr ««na«, L. 20 16 o 



PERTH-SHIRE. 



24 bulhels wheat, the produce of one acre, 

 at 5 s. 4i d. - L. 6 9 o 



37 j- bulhels barley, at 2 s, 8-| d. 5 i 11 

 46^ ditto oats, at 2 s. 61 d. 518 2 



23 ditto beans, at 3 s. 5 d. 318 7 



Total average /f /•«««««, L. 21 7 8 



OBSERVATIONS. 



From the two firfl; tables the above one has been formed, in order to 

 fliew the extent and value of the returns by the acre, in each of thefe 

 counties, for a number of years, and by which it appears, that the balance 

 is in favour of the Carfe of Gowrie, to the extent of 1 1 s. 8 d. on four 

 acres, or 2 s. 11 d. on each acre. 



It was not poffible to afcertain corredlly, the weight of the crops of hay 

 raifed on the acre in Northamptonfliire ; but from the information re- 

 ceived, 18 cwt. may be confidered as the full average of meadow-hay, 

 and about 25 cwt. that of artificial grafs. 



On the farm in the Carfe of Gowrie, above mentioned, the average 

 -crop of hay by the acre, for 6 years, is nearly 29 cwt. There are no 



natural 



