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dium, however, cannot be calculated above 15, 

 perhaps not above 14^ stones per boll. 



9//jj Manufacture of Bread. In nothing al- 

 most does the progress of luxury in this county 

 appear more remarkably, than in the increased 

 consumption of wheaten bread. Formerly it was 

 rarely to be seen, except at the tables of the gen- 

 try, and of the more wealthy classes of the peo- 

 ple ; and even by such it was but partially used. 

 Oaten cakes, and bread made of a mixture of 

 barley and pease-meal, were very commonly used 

 by the higher, and wholly by the lower classes. 

 But now there is not a family, however poor, 

 that does not use wheaten bread more or less. 



There are 14 flonr mills in this county, which 

 manufacture into flour not less than 40,000 bolls 

 of wheat annually, most of which is consumed 

 in the county, besides a considerable quantity 

 brought from Edinburgh and other places. - 



In manufacturing wheat into flour, the fol- 

 lowing is the quantity and proportion of the 

 different kinds, according to the method usually 

 followed here. Six bolls, which is the ordinary 

 grist produce 



B. F. P. Stones. 

 Fine flour 6 2 o === 52 



Second . 200 1 6 



Third 020 4 



Bran 130 14 



Lost in grinding 00.2 I 



10 3 2 87 



The quantity of land annually applied in 

 Fife to the purpose of raising wheat, may a- 

 Z * 



