AN ACCOUNT 



OF THE 



HUSBANDRY OF SCOTLAND, 



MORE ESPECIALLY AS PRACTISED 

 IN 



ITS BEST CULTIVATED DISTRICTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Of the various circumstances which have contributed to the 

 excellence of Scottish Husbandry, and an explanation of the 

 Plan of the Work. 



JDEFORE giving any explanation of the plan proposed to 

 be adopted in drawing up the following work, it may not 

 be improper, briefly to point out those causes, which have 

 principally contributed to the excellence of Scottish Hus- 

 bandry, as practised in its more improved districts, several 

 of which, however, are not to be considered as solely appli- 

 cable to the northern part of the kingdom. 



1. Though the climate of Scotland is in general rather 

 unfavourable to cultivation, (a disadvantage which the 

 Scotch farmers have assiduously, and often successfully en- 

 deavoured to counteract) yet the country, on the whole, 



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