l8co. A Jc'int Stock Farming Society. I'J'^ 



of dlre(£llng, with greater force, the attention of the pub- 

 lic to an inditution, which, iiitlead of being confined to 

 any particular difl:ri£t, extended its beneficial influence 

 from one end of the ifland to the other. Unlefs, how- 

 ever, the money neceffavy for that purpofe, is in a great 

 meafure advanced by the proprietors and farmers, where 

 fuch farms and plantations ought to be fituated, and the 

 management of them overfeen by committees of gentle- 

 men refilling in their immediate neighbourhood, who 

 would undertake that trouble, and who were interefted, 

 as fubfcribers, in the fuccefs of the undertaking, it would 

 be in vain for any inftitution formed in London, to en- 

 deavour to carry fuch a plan into execution, upon the ex- 

 tenfive fcale fuggefted in the original propofal. 



As in various parts of the kingdom, however, particu- 

 larly in the weftern and midland dillrids, in the coun- 

 ties of Durham and Northumberland, in Wales, and in 

 Scotland, the eftablifhment of Experimental F;irms has 

 long been a favourite obje£l, there can be no doubt, that, 

 by exertion and perfeverancc, the meafure of having a 

 number of Experimental Farms, conducted under the 

 aufpices of the fame inftitution, will ultimately be accom- 

 pliftaed. 



^njivers to fome ObjeBlo?is ivhlch haije been urged to the 

 ^ropofed LijUtuilon *. 



First Objection. That no Experimental Farm at all 

 is necejary. 



It is luppofed by fome, that no Experimental Farm 

 at all is neceflary ; and that the principles of agricultu- 

 ral improvement will be brought to a fuSicient degree 

 of perfection without fuch an eftablilhment. That 

 grain may be raifed, and cattle bred, v/ithout the aid of 



T 3 Experimentai 



• We were promifcd by a Correfpondent, fome obfcrvations upon the 

 propofals originally circulated ; but wc are Ihicc inf:)rmed, that the judi- 

 tious manner in which the objc-aions to the propoi'cd inliiiution nie an- 

 fwered in this ablVaft, renders the periqnnaiicc oi hi^ promUe aliocc;h« 

 ynoeceilavy. 



