FORFAR

now officially ANGUS, a maritime county on the east of Scotland, bounded north by Aberdeen and Kincardine, west by Perth, south by the Firth of Tay, and east by the North Sea; area, 559,037 acres. Tho surface is covered in the west and north-west by a portion of the Grampians, and in the south by part of the Sidlaw Hills. Between the Grampians and the Sidlaw Hills lies part of the valley of Strath more, and between the Sidlaw Hills and the Tay is the level but rich and highly cultivated tract of which the Carse of Gowrie forms a part. The chief rivers are the North Hsk and the South HWsk. All the operations of agriculture are carried on in the most approved manner, and nearly half the area is under crops. Cattle-rearing is carried to great perfection, the chief breeds being Shorthorns and polled Angus. The manufacture of linens or jute goods is carried on in all the towns (Dundee, Arbroath, Forfar, Brechin, Montrose, .), but has its central locality at Dundee. Sandstone flags are quarried in the Arbroath district. The county returns one member to Parliament. Pop. (1931), 270,190.