Ford: A Village in the West Highlands of Scotland.

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from Henry M. Paton (compiler), The Malcolms of Poltalloch, op. cit., pp. 122-123. 78 Ford: A Village in the West Highlands of Scotland Minutes of the Commissioners of Supply for Argyll, 2 June 1744 and 6 June 1745, in the Archives of Argyll and Bute District Council, Kilmory, Lochgilphead. ^Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol. 13 (1794). The Kilmartin Parish report is written by the Revd Mr Hugh Campbell. Ibid., p. 94: '. . . if the duty were taken off the (coal) and rock salt allowed to be imported, the people is these countries would be as happy as they are now miserable, and they would be under no temptation of leaving their native soil, to try their fortunes in America.' 'Letter obtained from Sheena Carmichael. Copy of this will in the possession of Sheena Carmichael. From Sheena Carmichael. in the possession of Sheena Carmichael. Document in the possession of Sheena Carmichael. The New Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol. VII (Renfrew and Argyll), (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1845). The Revd Donald McCalman prepared the Kilmartin Parish report. 77ie New Statistical Account of Scotland, op. cit., p. 561. Scholars such as Eric Cregeen and James Hunter agree that such emigration was not caused by wholesale evictions, or 'clearances' for which other areas of the Highlands became famous. (From conversations with Cregeen and Hunter, Autumn, 1981.) Ford and District, p. 27. There were nineteen steamers on Loch Awe between the years 1861 and 1952, many of which were operated by David MacBrayne and his predecessor. The first steamer was the Eva (1861 -62), the second was the Queen of the Lake (1863-73). One of the last was the Countess (of Breadalbane) II (1936-51). For a complete account, see C.L.D. Duckworth and G.E.Langmnir,Clyde River and Other Steamers, 3rded. (Glasgow: Brown, Son, and Ferguson, 1972), pp. 121-24. 'Silvicultural History of Inverliever Forest', Forestry Commission typescript, n.d. (circa 1953). The major recommendation here to do with The Historical Setting 79 species of trees best suited for the area (Silver Spruce) and with revising the optimistic estimates from early years concerning how large an area was suitable for planting. Ford and District, op. cit., p. 26. 'Silvicultural History', op. cit., p.2. Ibid., p. 4. The number of sheep declined from 6,500 in 1907 to 4.500 in 1953; the number of cattle increased from 30 to 35. Forestry Commission Annual Reports, 1920 through 1979; Scottish Abstract of Statistics, 1981; Agricultural Statistics, Scotland, 1919 through 1978. See Appendix for detailed figures. 'Background Note on Inverliever Forest and the Village of Dalavich', prepared by Forestry Chief George Francey, 1981. Forestry Commission Reports; Scottish Abstract of Statistics, 1981. See Appendix for detailed figures. ^Agricultural Statistics, Scotland. For detailed figures, see Appendix.