"Now what would the farmers in Lesmahagow use to farm their land?" It's called a hoe :-)  But not a 'hoe ;-) Cliff. ________________________________ From: Catt <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [Lanark] LANARK Digest, Vol 8, Issue 149 Now what would the farmers in Lesmahagow use to farm their land? People pulling plows or ? I guess they would have to cut down more trees to make new carts and wagons and make new wheels? Which War was in 1797? On Wed 11/09/13  3:01 AM , [email protected] sent: > PLE [email protected]> > Subject: [Lanark] Lesmahagoe 1797 > > To: "[email protected] > otsweb.com" [email protected] > otsweb.com> > Message-ID: 52 > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Caledonian Mercury February 25, 1797 > > The Farmers And Heritors of the parish of Lesmahogoe have unanimously > > agreed to furnish their carts, horses, &c. (to the amount of 500) for > > transporting troops > > Every person in the parish of Renfrew having horses (except two tenants > > and a distiller) has offered them to the Government, to convey troops, &c. > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)   ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on the following link to the list information page online:  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message