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ADVERTISEMENT 



TO THE 



FIRST EDITION. 



I HAVE at length the satisfaction of laying before 

 the Public, an Account of the Systems of Hus- 

 bandry adopted in the more improved districts of 

 Scotland. It was drawn up at the request of a 

 most respectable friend, (Sir Joseph Banks), who 

 thought, that such an investigation would be pro- 

 ductive of beneficial consequences to the agricul- 

 tural interests of the united kingdom ; and he ur- 

 ged, that it was incumbent upon a native of Scot- 

 land, while presiding at the Board of Agriculture, 

 and possessing all the means of information which 

 that situation afforded, to undertake the task. 

 Being occupied with many other avocations, no- 

 thing but the respect which I entertain for the 

 opinion of so zealous a friend to improvement, 



