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washing apparatus lies on tKe floor, with some 

 model-cottage sections; and in one corner rests 

 the '^old originaP^ plough, which might have 

 been used in the days of Hilpah and Shalum^, 

 and is still said to be seen in Skye. Eight models 

 of modern ploughs are in array on the window-seat^ 

 the East Lothian swing, Howard's, Ransome's, the 

 turnwrestj the subsoil, and the Cunningham, with its 

 long mould-board. Of wheat there are upwards of 

 200 specimens, one of them the "Eenton,^' just fresh 

 from Fenton Barns. Thirteen or fourteen specimens 

 of the blithe and lusty barley belong to the Chevalier 

 sort. Clover boasts of its nine varieties, and oats of 

 its forty at least. There is the Fly-oat, more sug- 

 gestive of the fish-kettle than the kail-pot ; the Sandy^ 

 which ripens four or five days before the Potato ; 

 Tartarian (white and black), Early Angus, Tarn 

 Finlay, Blainslie, and Kildrummie, all of which the 

 beadle has " heard, most highly spoken of." 



Mr. Hope, of Fenton Barns, has kindly furnished, 

 us with the following synopsis of these specimens : — 



"There is a numerous collection of the various grains. The specimens of 

 wheat in straw, in the npper gallerj', miniber upwards of 200, and there are 

 ffO more in cases below, besides nimieroiis varieties, of which only two or three 

 heads are shown, with a small sample of tpie grain of each. The varieties 

 now generally cultivated in Scotland are Hunter's, Fenton, and Hopetouii. 

 The first of these has long been a great favourite with the Lothian farmers. 

 Of late years the Fenton has rivalled it, and perhaps now exceeds it in the 

 quantity sown. This arises from its wonderful productiveness, where the soil 

 is in high condition, though the quahty is barely equal to that of Hunter's. 

 The Fenton, being short and stiff in the sti*aw, is not easily lodged, and it has 

 been known to yield eight quarters per imperial acre, which is a great crop 

 for white wheat. The Hopetoun wheat is taU in the straw, and has a beauti- 

 fol appearance when growing, as it has a large square head, and the crop is 

 perfectly level when it approaches maturity. The quality is also excellent. 



