AN 



ACCOUNT 



OF THE 



SYSTEMS OF HUSBANDRY 



ADOPTED IN 



THE MORE IMPROVED DISTRICTS 



OF 



SCOTLAND ; 



WITH 



SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPROVEMENTS OF 

 WHICH THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE. 



BRAWN UP FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



WITH A VIEW OF EXPLAINING HOW FAR THOSE SYSTEMS ARE 



APPLICABLE TO THE LESS CULTIVATED PA'RTS IN 



ENGLAND, AND SCOTLAND. 



BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, BART. 



PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Second Edition. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 



VOL. I. 



" Knowledge is power " BACON. 

 EDINBURGH: 



Printed by James Sallantyne 4' Co. 



FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH; 



LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, LONDON; AND 



JOHN CUMING, DUBLIN. 



1813. 



