1803. Agricultural Intelligence, 105 



of their inquiries muft be unlvcrfally felt. This veteran focletr, 

 in order that the mod valuable breeds of cattle and fheep may be 

 accurately aicertained, have lately offered two premiums oi ojie hun" 

 dred guineas ench^ and two oijifty guitieas each, for the two bcft and 

 fccond beft effays on the rcfpe6tive properties of thefe animals, 

 which contribute mofl to their utility. By fuch liberal offers, it 

 may be expected that every fpark of knowledge, in the country, 

 of thefe matters will be brought to light ; at leaft a confidcrable 

 body of information muft be collecled. The trifling premiums 

 of five and ten guineas, held out by fome other focieties, cannot 

 form an objeft to men of fcience and charafter In fa£l:, even when 

 gained, ihey can hardly be reckoned a remuneration of the trouble 

 and expence actually incurred in making the neceffary inquirioi=:, 

 and arranging the refults in a fyftematic fhape. 



We fhall conclude this article, by remarking, that, upon th^ 

 whole, the ftate of hufoandry. at the end of the year 180 -, muH 

 be viewed as beneficial to the country, advantageous to proprietors 

 of land, and honourable to the occupiers. The produce of the 

 country is undoubtedly augmented in a confiderable degree ; rent? 

 paid to proprietors are amazingly increafed, while the fituation of 

 cultivators is flourilhing and pro'perous It is to be hoped that 

 tlie like favourable circumffanceSyas haveoccafioned fuch important 

 advantages to all concerned, will not in future ceafe to operate ; 

 and that, under the influence of a juft fyftem, and the fecurity of 

 equal laws, thofp parts of the kingdom which remain unimproved 

 will foon be brought into the fame profitable Hate as thofe more 

 early cultivated *. 



'January 23. N. 



* A confiderable part of this article is taken from an agricultural report dravni 

 «p by the conducftor of the m;igaziiie for a London monthly pub'.icatuin : but as 

 that work would reach few of onr readeis, we judge there can be no impropiielf 

 ifl prefenting the fubflance of it here, 



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