Clackmannan and Kinross . It has generally been held thatone of the greatest advantages of a system of peasant. The Well at Scotlandwell proprietors is that the farmers have the incentive to workwith greater assiduity and diligence as owners than theywould as tenants; yet of Portmoak parish we read :The chief obstacle in the way of farming has been thepractice of small proprietors working along with theirservants. As they do not feel themselves called upon towork hard, the servants imitate their example. The 106 KINROSS-SHIRE Agrarian Revolution, however, when it did reach Kinross,altered comp
Clackmannan and Kinross . It has generally been held thatone of the greatest advantages of a system of peasant. The Well at Scotlandwell proprietors is that the farmers have the incentive to workwith greater assiduity and diligence as owners than theywould as tenants; yet of Portmoak parish we read :The chief obstacle in the way of farming has been thepractice of small proprietors working along with theirservants. As they do not feel themselves called upon towork hard, the servants imitate their example. The 106 KINROSS-SHIRE Agrarian Revolution, however, when it did reach Kinross,altered completely the appearance of the county. Before,only a small proportion of the land was in regular culti-vation. This was called infield; the outfield wasthe surrounding land in its natural state or just broken upand under no regular cultivation. Much of the countrywas wild unsheltered moor, the land was not enclosed,and the houses of the cottars were placed irregularly inthe open fields. Sour peat bogs were numerous and theundrained land held stagnant and injurious water. Thegreat need was better drainage, wh
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