194 Fiew of the Agriculture of Torishire. July- 



law for that purpofe brought forward, which might be of 

 great utility in England. 



The remarks on (his interefting fulijeft are fupportcd by 

 the notes of feveral ccrrefpondents -, hut the chapter is prin- 

 c pally occupied by a mod valuable and circumftantial paper, 

 Communicated by Robert Stockdale, Erq. on the celebrated 

 inclofures of the foreft of Knarefborough, Hating the difficul- 

 ties attending the divifion of above 33,000 acres, with a can- 

 did and inftruf^ive account of his own errors, and final fuc- 

 cefs, in the cultivation and improvement of a mod rugged 

 and unpromifing allotment, which appears to have been of 

 confiderable extent. This paper may be of infinite ufe to fu- 

 ture adventurer;, in the fame tr.i£l:. A note at the end of this 

 chapter fays, " Great part of the wafte lands call loudly for 

 improvement, by the plough and the fpade. May the call be 

 obeyed, left we fight, and iveave, and hammer^ till we have 

 not bread to eat." How does this, written in 1 795, digeft 

 in 1800. 



Chap. 12. Improvements are here alluded to, fuch as drain- 

 ings, irrigations, paring and burning, liming and warping ; 

 all articles of moment. The fubje6l of draining is very fpar- 

 ingly treated : fome further obfervations on the beft modes 

 of condu£ling the works in open and covered drainages, 

 would have been acceptable. Irrigation is recommended in 

 proper fituations j but it is acknowledged to be an expenfivc 

 and difficult woik. The paring and burning of all fwards, 

 indifcriminately, are not advifed by the furveyors. YotJNG, 

 on the contrary, fays, it is a moft beneficial praftice in ge- 

 neral, as it is found by experiment not to reduce the quan- 

 tity of foil, nor to deteriorate its quality ; but, by convening 

 the turf into a manure, inftead of its being turned down as 

 a nidus for various reptiles, fo deftruftive to the common 

 roots, &c. it is approved of by him as a fafe and beneficial 

 pradlice. In the feftion on manures^ there is an obfervation, 

 which will not a little ftartle the cow keepers, &c. viz. 

 ** Dung ought not to be laid upon the grafs fields ; which, 

 properly fown down, will fufficiently impiove themfelves I" 

 To a grower of hay for cows, &c. this would feem incom- 

 prehenfible ; but it is in fome fort explained in a note on 

 old meadows, where it is faid, '* The furveyors deteft this 

 mode of raifing hay." Nowithftanding fome well founded 

 objections to old fwards in general, meadows of this defcrip- 

 tion will be valuable, while their produce of milk and butter 

 are fo much in demand as they now are : and while, by good 



management 



