General view of the agriculture of the county of Nairn. (Board of agric and internal improvement).1794 |
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Act of Parliament advantages agriculture arable land Auldearn barony of Cowbin bridge Butcher meat cattle coast compost dung-hill comprehending the parishes corn fields county of Angus COUNTY OF ELGIN county of Moray county of Nairn cultivation Darnway district drained Edenkeillie expence exported extensive plantations extent farmers FIARS Forres Fort George four firlots grant leases harvest houses improvement inclosing inclosures inhabitants Inverness and Nairn INVERNESS-SHIRE kingdom Kinstarie labour land dunged Loch lyes manufactures manure miles Moray Frith moss of Litie neral number of horses Oats parish of Dyke parish of Kirk-hill pastured plantations with oaks plough proper proprietors quantity red clover regular rotations rent rich pure marl river Beaulie river Findhorn river Ness road Ross-shire rotation of croping sand Scots fir seed commenced shore soil species sterling stone timber town of Inverness town of Nairn trees twenty villages above-mentioned water of Nairn Wheat year---Barley year---Grass year---Oats
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Page 6 - This REPORT is at present printed and circulated for the purpose merely of procuring further information, respecting the state and husbandry of this district, and of enabling every one interested in the •welfare of this country, to examine it fully, and contribute his mite to its improvement. The Society do not deem .themselves pledged to any opinion given by the Author of this Survey...
Page 6 - Report, which, at prefent, is printed and circulated, for the purpose merely of procuring farther information, respecting the husbandry of this district, and of enabling every one to contribute his mite, to the improvement of the country. The Board has adopted the same plan, in regard to all the other counties in the united kingdom; and, will be happy to give every assistance in its power, tct'any person, who may be desirous of improving his breed of cattle, sheep, &c.
Page 10 - That the barony of Culbin, and house and yards thereof, is quite ruined and overspread with sand.
Page 8 - ... or Moray Proper, and forms a part of the ancient province of Moray. It stretches from the coast southerly to Lochindorb about twenty miles, where it terminates nearly in a point between the counties of Elgin and Inverness. Its breadth along the shore is twelve miles ; its sides extend to twenty-two miles about the middle, from whence they begin to approximate each other. Exclusive of the hilly part of the district, it may be described as a narrow border of level ground along the shore from one...
Page 8 - General view of the agriculture of the county of Nairn, the eastern coast of Inverness-shire and the parish of Dyke, and part of Edenkeillie, in the county of Elgin, and Forres.
Page 9 - There is freestone in Nairn parish, and a few men are employed in the quarries. Peat is dug. The soil is diversified. In the eastern part of the level tract along the coast it is generally a rich loam on a sandy or gravelly bottom : in the western part it is either a stiff rich clay or a sharp gravelly mould. In the mountainous...