Agricultural Divisions of the County, 8
Alluvial Soils, 19
Ancient and Modern Jurisdictions of the County, 6
Annan, Division and Inclosure of the Common at, 145
Answers to Queries, transmitted by the Rev William Brown, Minister of Eskdalemuir, 521
APPENDIX, 483
Approved Mode of Feeding Dairy Cows in Wigtonshire, 643
ARABLE LAND, 160
Armstrong, Edward Esq.630
Asses, 381
Barley, 192
Beans, 214
Bees, 387
Bees, Management and Returns, 388
Beets, 229
Best Way to provide for the Poor, 117
Bogs, 306
Border and lesser Streams, 45
Borecole, 227
Borings for Coals, 26
Bridges, 98
Brown, Rev William Minister of Eskdalemuir, 521
Brown, William Esq, of Newmains, 582
Buchanan, Robertson Esq. Civil Engineer, 634
Buck Wheat, 215
BUILDINGS, 72
Burgage, 70
Bushby, Messrs 641
Cabbages, 223
Calcareous Manures, 328
Canals, 413
Carrots, 228
Cattle, Dairy 351
Cattle, Description of 346
Cattle, Diseases 355
Cattle, Food 349
Cattle, Markets, 353
Cattle, Numbers 353
Church, Mr John 566
Clandestine Marriages, 440
Clay, 21
Climate, 13
Closeburn, Monteath, C. G. S. Esq. of 540
Clover, 237
Coal, 31
Cold, 13
Coleseed, 222
Commerce, 428
Common Rotations 175
Common Stone, 42
Communication relative to the Plan of a Canal and Railway, by Robertson Buchanan, Esq. Civil Engineer, 634
Communications by C. G. S. Monteath, Esq. Of Closeburn, 540
Communications by Major-General Dirom of Mount Annan, 590
Communications by Mr John Church, 566
Communications relative to the Parishes of Tynron and Glencairn, by the Rev J. Wilson, 533
CONCLUSION, 477 to 480
Copse Woods, Indigenous Trees, 288
Cottages, 97
Course of Crops, Rules to ascertain it 169
Covered Drains, 317
Dalswinton, Patrick Miller, Esq. Of, 549
Description of Wilkie's improved Wooden and Iron Ploughs, 645
Dirom of Mount Annan, Major-General 590
Distemper in planted Scots Firs, 283
Division and Inclosure of the Common at Annan, 145
Divisions of the County, 5
Domestic Force of the County, Returns of the 695
Domestic Military Force, 446
Draining, 315
Drills, 132
Duncan, Rev. H. 527
Earth Fences, 153
Easton, Factor for Sir John Heron Maxwell of Springkell, Bart. M. P., 514
Ecclesiastical Divisions of the County, 6
EMBANKMENTS, 343
ENCLOSING, 140
Enclosing, General Views of the Subject 140
Estates and their Management, 51
Estates where Plantations best appear, 290
Face-wall, Stone and Lime, 151
Fairs, 414
Fallowing, Objects to be attained 164
Fallowing, Other Views 168
Fanners, 136
Farm Buildings, 86
Farmers, 105
Fence Drains, 317
Fences, 149
Feu, 69
Fiars of Grain and Meal, 457
Fiorin, 248
Fishing-Act, 1804, 452
Flax, 261
Foreign Trees introduced in Plantations, 289
Friendly Societies, 439
Fuel, 399
Galloway Dyke, 149
Game Laws, 447
GARDENS AND ORCHARDS, 270
GEOGRAPHICAL STATE AND CIRCUMSTANCES, 1
Gold, 27
GRASS LANDS, 265
Gravel, 19
Greens, 227
Harrowing, etc. 160
Harrows, 130
Hedges, 154
Hemp, 260
Hogs, Returns from, 381
Holcus Lanatus, 245
Hops, 260
Horse-Hoes, 134
Horses, Description of 374
Horses, Diseases, 379
Horses, Feeding, mode of 375
Houses of Proprietors, 72
Houses, Inhabited, 79
IMPLEMENTS, 127
IMPROVEMENTS, 315
Infirmary, 440
Inhabited Houses, 79
Instructions to Mess. Bushby, and Survey and Report in Search of Coal, Lime, Ores, etc 641
Iron Ploughs, Wilkie's improved 645
Iron, 38
Irrigation, 337
Irving Mr, 537
Justices of the Peace, 404
Kindly Tenure, 68
Labour, 394
Lakes, 47
Land Rents for 1656-1795, 53
Land Rents for 1808, 52
Lead, 27
Leases, 118
Lentils, 215
Letters from Mr Easton, Factor for Sir John Heron Maxwell of Springkell, Bart. M. P., 514
Letters from Patrick Miller, Esq. of Dalswinton, 549
Letters relative to the Port of Annan, by Edward Armstrong, Esq. and Mr Benjamin Nelson, 630
Lieutenantcy, 402
Lime-stone, 39
LIVESTOCK, 346
Loam, 19
Local Brown Mildew 199
Long Lease, 71
Lucerne, 241
Management of particular Estates, 57
Manufactures, 420
Manuring, 324
Manuring, Season, Drilling 181
Map of the County, 4
Marble, 42
Maritime Divisions of the County, 9
| Markets, 415
Maxwell of Springkell, Easton, Factor for Sir John Heron, Bart. M. P., 514
Meadows, 265
Medication of the Climate, 17
Midland Divisions of the County, 10
Miller, Patrick Esq. of Dalswinton, 549
Mineral Waters near Moffat, 48
Mineral Waters, 47
Minerals, Description of the High Country, 22
Minerals, Descriptions of the Low Country, 24
Miscellaneous Implements, 138
Miscellaneous Obstacles to Improvement, 473
Moffat, Mineral Waters near, 48
Moisture, 14
Monteath, C. G. S. Esq. of Closeburn, 540
Moral Obstacles to Improvement, 468
Mountainous Divisions of the County, 11
Mountains, 301
Muir, 19
Muirs, 298
Mules, 381
Murray, John, Esq. of Murraythwaite, Vice-Lieutenant, 503
Natural and Political Divisions of the County, 5
Natural Obstacles to Improvement, 466
Nelson, Mr Benjamin 630
New Farms 158
Notes by John Murray, Esq. of Murraythwaite, Vice-Lieutenant, on the State of Agriculture in Dumfries-shire, 503
Oats, Varieties in Culture 195
OBSTACLES TO IMPROVEMENT, 464
OCCUPANCY, 105
Old Extent, New Extent, Valued Rents, 55
Old Hedges, New Plants, Gates 157
On Agricultural Associations, 483
On Agricultural Societies in general 483
On some particular Associations, and the Formation of one for Dumfries-shire 486
On the Construction and Repairing of the Public Roads, 641
On the Guernsey Cow, by William Brown, Esq 582
On the Importance and Advantages of a Series of correct Observations of Heighths and Distances, and of accurate Sections of Soil and Subsoil, by the Author of the Survey, 555
On the Policy of accommodating the increasing Population, and employing them to Advantages, by the Author of the Survey 636
On the Roman Roads passing through this County, by the same, 639
On the Ruthwell-Salt, by the Rev. H. Duncan, 527
On the Value of the Salt and Fresh Water Salmon-Fishings, by Mr Irving and Mr Williamson, 537
Paring and Burning, 321
Parliamentary Representation 401
Parsnips, 229
Particular Trees, Dimensions of them, 280
Pasture, 268
Pease, 212
Peat, 20
Pigeons, 386
Plantations, 286
Plantations, Foreign Trees introduced in 289
Ploughing, 160
Ploughs, 127
Ploughs, Wilkie's improved Wooden and Iron, 645
POLITICAL ECONOMY, 401
Political Obstacles to Improvement, 470
Poor, Best Way to provide for the, 117
Poor's Rates and Funds, 113
Poor's-House, Dumfries, 438
Population in .1755, 1801, 1811, 5
Population, Lists of, 440
Potatoes, 229
Poultry, 385
Prices and Expences, 419
Prices of Building and Materials, 96
Progressive Rise in the Money Rents of Lands, 55
Property Expences and Profit, 124
Proprietors' Houses, 72
Provisions, 398
Public Burdens affecting Land, 458
Putrid Manures, 333
Rabbits, 384
Railways, 413
Rape, 222
Regulations for the Ports of the Nith, 583
Remarkable Ruins, 73
Rents for 1656-1795, Total Land 53
Rents for 1808, Total Land 52
Rents of Houses liable in Taxes, 462
Rents of Land, 107
Repairs, 95
Report on the Drainage of Lochar Moss, by Mr J. Smeaton, 1754, 491
Returns of the Domestic Force of the County, 695
Rivers, 43
Roads, Conversion of Old Statute, and Turnpike Roads, 406
Roads, Improving the Lines of Communication, 409
Roads, Old Statute for Labour, 405
Rollers, 132
Rotations, Common 175
Ruins, Remarkable 73
RURAL ECONOMY, 393
Rye Grass, 237
Sainfoin, 241
Salubrity, 15
Sand-stone, 38
Schools, 454
Scots Fir once a Native of this County, 278
Scots Firs, Distemper in planted 283
Scufflers, etc., 134
Shawfield, in Lochar Moss, 308
Sheep and Arable Husbandry 371
Sheep Drains, 320
Sheep, Description of 358
Sheep, Diseases 363
Sheep, Management 361
Sheep, New Leicester Breed 368
Sheriff-Court, 402
Situation and Extent, 1
Slate, 42
Sleech, 21
Small Debt Act, 404
Smeaton, J. 491
Soils, 19
Species of Wheat sown, 181
Springkell, Sir John Heron Maxwell of Bart. M. P., 514
STATE OF PROPERTY, 51,
Sundry Grasses and Plants, 259
Swedish Turnip, 224
Tares, 214
Taxes 402
Teind, 110
Tenures, In Freehold of, 66
The Poor, how supported, 434
Threshing Mills, 135
Tillage, 160
Timothy, 256
To get Honey and yet save the Bees, 389
Total Land Rents for 1656-1795, 53
Total Land Rents for 1808, 52
Trefoil, 241
Turnip Cabbage, 228
Turnips, 215
Tythe, 100
WASTES, 297
Waters, 43
Weeds to be subdued 165
Weighing Engines, 138
Weights, &c. 415
Wheat sown, Species of, 181
Wheat, Culture, Preparation for, 180
Wheel Carriages, 136
Wigtonshire, Approved Mode of Feeding Dairy Cows in 643
Wilkie's improved Wooden and Iron Ploughs, 645
Williamson, Mr, 537
Wilson, Rev J. 533
Wooden Ploughs, Wilkie's improved 645
Woodlands, 313
WOODS AND PLANTATIONS 277
Woods and Plantations, General Remarks on the Subject, 291
Working of Oxen 352
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