IN SCOTLAND.

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PART II.

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OF THE ADVANTAGES DERIVABLE FROM INCLOSURES,AND THE PRINCIPLES ON AVH1CH THEY OUGHT TO BECONDUCTED.

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.

All the Reports from the different counties in Scotland ,with hardly, a single exception, concur in stating, that inclo-surcs are attended with numerous advantages, and are evenindispensably necessary for the introduction of agriculturalimprovements, as, without their aid, nothing effectual can bedone,, or even attempted in that way. It has been alleged,that, inclosures are .least necessary in those districts of the Lo-thians, which are peculiarly adapted for tjbe growth of grain,owina to circumstances in their soil and situation, Yet evenin these districts, ip which pasturage is comparatively muchlimited, it is difficult to .conceive how improvements could becarried on, if all the rich crops of grain, clover, and ryegrass, turnips, and potatoes,.\yere. left open to every turnpikeand .district road, to be. trespassed upon at the pleasure pfevery dishonest passenger or stray animal. It has likewisebeen asserted by very intelligent persons, that inclosures wouldbecome of very inferior importance, if the whole kingdomwere susceptible of being continually cultivated under alter-nate white and green crops, and all the live-stock could beprofitably maintained by the soiling process, so that the soilrequired no pasturage for preserving and restoring its fertili-ty.