Agriculture. -

Number of acres Scotch measure in cultivation (of which about 3000 are carse and 1000 dryfield)	about . 4000
In pasture	about 5000
Under wood	about 1000

The land kept continually in pasture is confined to the hill ground. Part of this was at one time in cultivation ; but it was found that it could not be cultivated to advantage, owing to the climate and the expense of management.

The wood in this parish is chiefly planted. It consists of fir, larch, oak, ash, elm, plane, beech, &c On the whole, the management, with regard to thinning, &c is good. The neighbouring country is supplied with wood for farm-buildings, palings, and other agricultuiral purposes, from the Airthrey plantations, by means of a saw-mill erected on the property.

Rent of Land.-The average rent of arable land in the parish may be estimated about L. 2, 10s. per acre. Rents in the Kerse are generally payable in grain, converted into money, according to the fiars' prices, 2¼ bolls wheat per acre being about the average. The average rent of grazing on the low ground for a cow or ox probably from L. 2, l0s. to L. 3, and for a sheep on the high lands, about 4s. 6d.

Rate of Wages, &c.-The rate of wages for labourers is l0s. per week, summer and winter; masons and carpenters, 2s. 6d. per day.

Live-Stock.-The common breeds of sheep in this parish are the black-faced and the Cheviot. The wool of the former has been much improved by crossing with the Leicestershire breed. The Cheviots have been lately introduced, and are likely to prove advantageous. Considerable attention has been paid to the breed of milk cows. They are principally Ayrshire. The breed of draught horses has also been carefully attended to.

Lease.-The duration of leases is generally nineteen years, which is commonly considered favourable to the occupier. The farm-buildings are, in general, in pretty good condition. Wedge draining is almost universal in the Kerse farms, and is of the very greatest benefit.

Husbandry.-The system of husbandry pursued in the Kerse is a six years rotation, viz. fallow, wheat, beans, barley, bay, and oats. Potatoes and turnips are not much cultivated In the Kerse but are raised in considerable quantities on the dryfield part of the parish.

Produce.-The following may be considered a pretty fair calculation of the produce of the Kerse:

500	acres in wheat	at 4 quarters per acre	and averaging L.2,11s.10d per quarter	L.5183 6 8
500	acres in beans	at 4 quarters per acre	and averaging L.1,11s. 7d per quarter	L.3158 6 8
500	acres in barley	at 5½ quarters per acre	and averaging L.1,11s.10d per quarter	L.4377 1 8
500	acres in oats	at 5½ quarters per acre	and averaging L.2,11s.10d per quarter	L.2944 15 10
500	acres in hay	at 200stones of 22lbs	and averaging L.3, per 100 stones	L.3000 0 0
100	acres in potatoes	at 40 bolls per acre	and averaging 5s. per boll	L.1000 0 0
400	acres in fallow
3000	acres		Gross produce	L.19,663 10 10

The dryfield, supposed to extend to about 1000 acres, the one half of which is pasture, as follows

500	acres in pasture	say		L 250 0 0
500	acres in oats	at 4 quarters per acre	and averaging L.1, 0s. 11d per quarter	L.522 18 4
500	acres in potatoes	at 35 bolls per acre	and averaging 5s. per boll	L.551 5 0
500	acres in turnip		at L.6 per acre	L 372 0 0
500	acres in barley	at 3 quarters per acre	and averaging L 1, 5s. 4d. per quarter	L.554 3 4
100	acres in hay	at 120 stones	at 6d. per stone	L.375 0 0
1000	acres		Gross produce	L.2625 6 8

The hill-ground, always in pasture, extends to about 5000 acres, grazing about 4000 sheep, which, reckoned at 4s. per sheep, gives the gross produce of this part of the parish at L.800. According to this calculation, the gross produce of the land in pasture, or in cultivation, amounts to L.23,088, 17s. 6d. which may probably be considered a pretty near approximation to the truth.

Manufactures.-There is a woollen manufactory in the village of Menstrie, employing about fifty hands; a distillery at Dolls, near Menstrie; a paper-manufactory near Bridge of Allan ; and a spinning-mill lately established in the same neighbourhood. All appear to be under good management; and I am not aware that any of them are injurious to the morals or health of the people..