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seemed to be rather long, and were all of a uniform dark 

 bay colour, without a spot or pile of other hair, and their 

 horns finely tapered.' Mr Wight, in his Survey in 1780, 

 says that the Duke of Athole had, at Athole House, cows 

 of various breeds, including the Holderness, the true 

 Athole, and crosses between the Holderness cow and 

 Highland bull, and between English bull and Athole cow. 

 Men servants got from £"] to ^10, with board ; women 

 from 60s. to ;^4. A common labourer received from lod. 

 to IS. a day. The state of the roads was being improved. 

 A turnpike had been constructed between Perth and Crieff, 

 and another was projected between Stirling and Crieff. 

 An Agricultural Society had been established at Dunblane, 

 which had done good during the twenty years it existed. 

 Another Society had been established, which held meetings 

 at Perth and Crieff. Thirlage was felt to be a grievance 

 in the county. 



The Rev. Mr Roger drew up, in 1794, under the 

 direction of Mr Dempster, of Dunnichen, a report on the 

 county of FORFAR. Mr Roger reports that wheat was 

 cultivated in every parish in the lower part of the county. 

 Angus oats were even at that time quite celebrated. 

 Clover was sown on all arable farms, and turnips, both 

 white and red, were in general use. Potatoes were success- 

 fully cultivated, yielding per acre in some instances from 

 50 to 60 bolls, each weighing 16 stones. At the date of 

 the report there were in the county 36,499 cattle. Mr 

 Roger does not discriminate between the breeds. He 

 describes the cattle as small and large.* The small chiefly 

 occupied the hilly parts of the county, ranging in weight 

 from 16 to 20 stones, avoirdupois ; the larger were found in 

 the lower districts, and weighed from 40 to 70 stones. Of 

 sheep there were in the county 53,970. They Avere chiefly 

 in the hilly districts, and consisted of three kinds — the 

 blackfaced from Linton or Biggar, the whitefaced or 



* The report from Bendochy, quoted in note on preceding page, probably 

 described the character of tlie stock in many parts of Forfarshire. Bendochy 

 parish is in the Synod of Angus. 



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