5^4 Rc/rofpeShe ulciu of Agr] culture — 7orhsbire, 



In thefc diArids the general practice of hulbandry on dry foils is di- 

 re6led towards tlic ufiial rotation of, i. turnips, broadcaft ; 2. barley ; 3. 

 clover, or beans and pcafe ; 4. wheat, or rye if too fandy and dry for 

 wlieat : and farms, not larger than one or two hundred acres, are nioftly 

 devoted to the plough for that rotation, with not more than ten or 

 twenty acres at moft, under meadow or pafture, befides feeds, &c. in- 

 fomuch, that it is matter of perfed wonder and aftonifliment to men of 

 refle<fi:ion, how the pompous teams of 5 or 6 fat, heavy draught horfes, 

 half worked, and maintained at an expence, probably, of not lefs than 

 30I. per horfe per annum, can pofTibly be fupported on fuch fmall 

 parcels of land, befidc the heavy demands on the other produce for 

 rent, wages, taxes, &c. &c. In fliort, nothing but downright necellity 

 will ever induce the farmers to ufe that far more ufeful and profita- 

 ble animal, the ox, for all the petty labours of Rich fmall farms. 



On the clay foils, the pradicc is to work them for the rotation of, 

 I. fallow; 2. wheat, or barley; 3. beans, or clover; 4. wheat, or 

 oats. But as the wheat crops are fcarcely ever mown, about a ton 

 of flraw per acre being left in flubblc, and as the foiling of horfes 

 is little praftifed, much time and labour are loft by running up and 

 down for manure, fo recruit the exhauftcd lands ; a'U which might be 

 fpared, as is well (liewn by the example of fome few farmers,"" who 

 carefully reap every atom of flraw, and by foiling horfes, and o- 

 ther cattle, convert the whole of their produce, into an abundant 

 fuppJy of the beft m.anurc, without any expence : Yet, ftrange to 

 fay, the benefits of this fyi^cm, fo obvious, and fo implicitly con- 

 nected with the keeping of horfes for draught, cannot at prefent be 

 comprcht-nded by one tenth of the pra6litioners of this ufeful art. 



In addition to the difcouragements above alluded to, and which, as 

 prcfented by nature herfelf, it behoves the rufuc to meet with becom- 

 ing refignation and patience, the political hemifphere has affumed 

 an afpecl which almoft bids fair, in its confequences on the huf- 

 bandman, to paralyfe his laborious and honel^ endeavours to difcharge 

 his numerous and confiantly encreafing obligations. The prefent re- 

 duced and reducing prices of almofi every article of produce, unfortu- 

 nately concurring with an increaied rate of every fju-cies of out-pay- 

 jnent fcr wages, taxes, &c. (particularly that moft unrealonable, un- 

 leaionable, and defiruclive impoft on malt, which, like a two edged 

 fword, cuts the farmer, both in produce and confumptio]!,) bear with 

 fuch unexampled v/eight and rigour on every point of the cultivator's 

 efforts and economy, that it may lafely be concluded, on a fair rctro- 

 fpect of the whrJe period, * that tlie agricultme of this realm has re- 



* ceivcd a fliock, and that its confequcnt movements are cf the retro- 



* grade order.' 



NorfoiL 



To the Britifh Speculator, three princip:! objcdls arc offered for 

 his eIc(5lion,--Commcrce, Manufadurcs, and Agriculture ; aud as 



every 



