Series 4 > Papers on Sutherland Estate Management 1802-1816 > Volume 9

32 SUTHERLAND ESTATE MANAGEMENT: CORRESPONDENCE
with near about \ Stone of Hay to each of the latter morning and
(if necessary) evening together with Turnip middle of the day
should be Sufficient. This with what Straw is proper to be Given
to Your outwinterers (to be regulated according to the weather)
I mentioned as a rule to all Your herds and Such of Your Servants
as feeds Your Cattle. Still I am sorry to say Mr Bookless does not
encourage Your Servants to give much attention to anything I
consider my duty to mention Anent Your interest. This Place truly
requires a Steady honest Farm Servant. There is at Present in all
35 of your Cows Calved, who with their calves are doing very well.
Your Calves agreeable to Your desire are keept clean and com¬
fortable. Alexander McBeath and Donald Cadeach are very
attentive to their charge. The Stirks are looking extremely well,
Your Heifers within and without are looking very well, as also
the fattening Cattle and Your Stotts as well as can be expected.
Your Horses are Getting Pease Straw, and looking very well.
The 2 Stacks of Bear formerly mentioned as Put in by Mr Bookless
is not fully dressed as yet so that I cannot say at present what
Quantity they may Produce. The Pease Mr Bookless tells me
measured 13 bolls 2\ pecks. Since I received Your last letter I
have Given out Precepts on Mr Bookless for iif Bolls Bear and 1
Boll Pease all Sold for ready money at 24s. per Boll excepting the
]x Boll Pease which was Given to Donald Grant weaver Golspy
and i| Bolls Bear Given the Fox Hunter in part of his maintinance.
The Tenants are daily Swarming here from all Quarters and are
much disappointed for not Getting Precepts as usual. Andrew
Ross at Golspy is Preparing for Getting the Store House repaired
immediately. William Hutton has Got his Firs to hand a few days
ago. The Gardiner with his lads are daily bussy in the Garden.
The dairymaid wants to be looking out for a Girl to assist her with
Katherine Ross. Please Say if She is to have one of her own choice
or not. The Thirty Five one half Bolls Oats mentioned in my last
produced 27 bolls 2 firlots i| pecks meal and which was Pro¬
portioned among Your Servants. Please let me know how they are
to Get their Barley meal for Winter and Spring cost.
Roderick Keith Grieve at Rhives was here yesterday wishing to
know if You’l require one in his way against whitsunday. In the