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nure. He found, at the same time, that the wheat after 

 flax, was better in quality than after any other crop, but 

 t was deficient in quantity about one-fourth, compared to 

 wheat after fallow, and the after crops were still more so, 

 in proportion. 



4. There is a general inclination, to assimilate any rota- 

 tion of crops, and other agricultural practices, to the parti- 

 cular district or place where the individual resides. This is 

 a radical error, because in agriculture, given situations must 

 be nearly similar in many respects, before any positive 

 inference can be drawn from any system recommended. 

 It may be very possible that the soil on Tvveedside, may 

 be better than in the vicinity of Edinburgh or Glasgow ; 

 but the command of manure, and the disposal of many 

 marketable commodities, is prodigiously in favour of the 

 latter, and must constitute a great difference of rent and 

 value. The soil from Dunbar, eastward to Dunglas, is not 

 naturally of a very superior quality, but in that corner, 

 they have a command of sea-ware, in superlative abun- 

 dance, in so much, that in many instances, their turnips 

 are grown with sea- weed alone,* and the dung of their 

 farms, applied to their barley land, and clover to grow 

 wheat. This cannot be done in other places. This com- 

 mand of sea- ware, has been estimated at 20s. per acre on 

 their rental, but it is certainly worth more. Added to 

 this, their climate is better than the generality of Scot- 

 land, and from that circumstance, their grain, turnips, hay, 

 and even their straw, is considerably more valuable than 

 what is generally to be met with. 



5. It may be proper to conclude with observing, that in 

 the opinion of a most intelligent agriculturist, (Mr Logan 



* What a treasure this hint ought to be in the Western and Orkney 

 Islands. 



