LOGIE, a parish, in the district of Cupar, county
of Fife; containing, with the village of Lucklawhill-
Feus, 419 inhabitants, of whom 30 are in the village
of Logic, 4 miles (N. N. E.) from Cupar. This parish derives
its name from the situation of its church in a hollow
surrounded by hills, of which the term Logic in the
Gaelic language is descriptive. It is about four miles
in length and little more than one mile in breadth, and
comprises 3343 acres, of which 2700 are arable, 300
acres meadow and pasture, and about an equal number
woodland and plantations. The surface rises into irregular
hills, the highest of which, called Lucklaw hill,
has an elevation of about 600 feet above the level of the
sea; the general appearance of the parish is greatly
diversified, and the scenery enriched by plantations of
comparatively modern growth. In some parts, the soil
is little better than moorland; and in others, especially
on the sides of the hills, a rich loam which, under proper
management, produces abundant crops. The system of
agriculture is in a very improved state, and the rotation
plan of husbandry prevalent; the crops are oats, barley,
wheat, potatoes, peas, beans, and turnips. Cattle of the
Fifeshire breed are reared, with a cross of the Teeswater
occasionally; and the sheep, few of which are reared,
are of the Cheviot and Leicestershire breeds. The
plantations are larch and Scotch fir, with some mixtures of
hard-wood. The farm-buildings, though commodious,
are inferior to some others in the county; those of
modern erection are upon an improved plan. Considerable
progress has been made in inclosing the lands.
The substratum is chiefly whiustone, of which the hills
consist; and in some parts of the parish porphyry is
found, of a reddish colour, principally among the hills.
The annual value of real property is £4013.
Ecclesiastically the parish is within the limits of the
presbytery of Cupar, synod of Fife; patron, the Crown.
The minister's stipend is about £1*0, with a manse,
and a glebe valued at £12 per annum. Logie church,
built in 1826, and situated nearly in the centre of the
parish, is a neat and substantial edifice adapted for a
congregation of about 300 persons. The members of
the Free Church have a place of worship. The parochial
school affords a useful course of instruction; the master
has a salary of £34, with £9 fees, a house and garden,
and also fifty raerks Scotch per annum, the proceeds of
a sum bequeathed by an ancient heritor. There is a
Sabbath school for the young, regularly taught under
the superintendence of the clergyman. In the parish
are the remains of a square tower, apparently erected as
a fortified residence; but nothing either of its founder,
or its date, is recorded. John West, author of a Treatise
on Mathematics, and of several valuable papers on the
same subject, was the son of an incumbent of this parish:
he died a few years ago, an episcopal clergyman in the
island of Jamaica.