THE LARGEST FARM IN GREAT BRITAIN.
j The krgeat arable farm in Great JBritain ia-aaid "to "be Coasford, in Uioxjburgshire.JennaDted by Mr .. William jloog been Tatnons ior tbe large extent jof their farma. The most extensive ia :that -of* poasford, on the property of ithe Duke of Roxburgh, ( its loot all tha*,t is remaikable about it. j When Mr Scott got possession o*f it* in i 1869, there waa then -Boone 1,200 acres jarable, with abont 800 acres; , of mobr•land, bog, piantatipn, &c. In the jcourse of a few years Mr Scott re.claimed about 700 acres, limafd < the 7 jwhole of the arable lanJi drained a' joousiderable portion of it, and made about ihree miles of roads through the
farm. The work was mostly all done ji in three years, and the tenant's expets- | difcura in. improvements and on stock 1 in 1 that short pariod amoaated~ to § £31,000. Ife need scarcely be said that I nnder the $%ie_*t ; managemaoiS of 1 Scott tne uossfqrd farm is jtoyiog I handsQsnely. Thfe ia a st^king^esample of Vfet^the- energy and enterprise of the Scotch farmer- can accomplish.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 156, 4 July 1877, Page 4
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185THE LARGEST FARM IN GREAT BRITAIN. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 156, 4 July 1877, Page 4
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