8 INTRODUCTION. 



plain, why that system should have reached a considerable 

 degree of perfection, and may, in various respects, be ac- 

 counted a pattern for other districts, similarly situated, in 

 so far as regards arable cultivation. 



We shall next proceed, to explain the nature of the plan 

 intended to be adopted, in the prosecution of this important 

 enquiry. It is proposed to divide the Work into Two Parts. 



PART I. 



This Part will be purely practical, explaining, first, the 

 best practices of the most distinguished Scotch farmers, re- 

 garding those points which require attention, previous to 

 the commencement of arable culture ; and, secondly, those 

 particulars, which are connected with the actual cultivation 

 of an arable farm, and the most profitable means of main- 

 taining its stock. This part of the work will be concluded 

 with, 1. A general view of the improved Systems of Hus- 

 bandry adopted in Scotland; 2. An account of the im- 

 provements of which those systems are susceptible ; and, 

 3. Some observations on the n.eans by which the useful 

 practices of the best Scotch farmers, may be most advanta- 

 geously disseminated throughout the less improved districts 

 of England and Scotland ; together with a general view, of 

 the public and private advantages which may be derived 

 from their more general adoption. 



PART II. 



There are some questions, however, connected with the 

 husbandry of Scotland, and with the improvement of that 

 country, which are rather of a more abstruse nature, the 



