CONTENTS. VU 



CHAP. XVI. Obstacles to Improvement, in- 

 cluding observations on Agricul- 

 tural Legislation and Police. 

 i. Scarcity of Monev, or a backwardness to 



apply it to this purpose - - 33^ 

 3. Thirlage - 335 



3. The high interest often demanded by Pro- 



prietors for Money laid out by the Ten- 

 ants on the Improvement of their Farms 337 



4. The injudicious Position of Corn-mills 339 



5. Entails 342 



6. The Short Endurance of Leases - 344 



7. Public Burdens - -* 361 

 CHAP. XVII. Miscellaneous Observations. 



SECT. I. Agricultural Societies 367 



II. Weights and Measures " - 369 

 CHAP. XVIII. Improvements suggested. 



1. Inclosing - 377 



2. Planting - - 378 

 g. Draining - - - ib. 



4. Improving the Breed of Black -cattle and 



Horses - - ... 379 



5. Cottages - - 380 



6. Establishing three annual Trysts to succeed 



each other ; in the month of March 382 



7. Farm-Steads - 383 

 8. v Carrying on and completing the embank- 

 ing of the Eden - 384 



CHAP. XIX. Circumstances favourable to the 

 Progress of Agriculture in Fife. 



1. The Means of improvement are plentiful, 



and of easy access - 385 



2. The Fife Farmer can always find a ready 



and profitable Market for the Produce of 

 his Farm - - 386 



3. The Examples already Exhibited by several 



intelligent Improvers in the County . ib, 



