l8oo. View of the Agriculture of Yorkshire. 2^'j 



to adequate wapjes of rural labour, is a problem of difGcult 

 folution, on any fair principles. 



Chap. 15. The Roads of the difl:ri£l:, though much is done 

 upon them, are, too, generally bad, from the fofttiefs af the 

 materials, &c. A remark here ag.unit the ufe of waggons, 

 and in favour of light carts, will not be relifhed by many, yet 

 poflibly it may be juft; vSe^tion 3, contains lills of Fairs and 

 Atarket Towns within the Riding. The reafoning agiinft the 

 " propofal of fame wild imagivatioJis" that a!i gram Ihould be 

 fold in the public markets, is perfcclly conclufive ; indeed, 

 the infanity of fuch a propofal is feif-evident. — In Section 4. 

 the leading ManufaEiurcs of the diilrii^l are briefiy noticed ; 

 and fome hints occur on the partial occupation of land by 

 manufafturers. We are moft clearly of the opinion, that, 

 where manufacturers can be accommodated with land infmall 

 parcels, for their convenience and relaxation, this mode of 

 occupation is highly advantageous to individu ils, and to the 

 community, in every refpe£t. In Seftion 5. on the Corn 

 LaivSf our furveyors juftly obferve as follows : — 



* From the beginning of this centurv, to the ypir 1756, the 

 corn laws were allowed to operate without any fufpenfion j but 

 the crop of the above year being rather defeflive, an aft of Par- 

 liament was paffed, whereby exportation was flopped during the 

 year 1757. In 1766, upon an application from the Lord Mayor 

 of London, the Privy Council affamed the power of iiTuinga pro- 

 clamation for flopping exportation, which was emphatically call- 

 ed by the late Earl of Mansfield, " the forty days tyranny ;' and 

 and, fince the year 1773, ^^^ coxn laws, like Proteus, have af- 

 fumed fo many various {hapes, no regular fyftcm being adhered 

 to, as to throw the whole trade into confufion and diforder.' 



Chap. 16. MifceUaneous Ohfervations. The following re- 

 marks on Agricultural Societies, we will extract : — 



• As improvements in agriculture very often locally take place, 

 and arc flow in travelling from one part of the country to another, 

 we (hould efteem the inftitution of focietics, upon proper prin- 

 ciples, an excellent method for diffeminating knowledge in this 

 fcience. If thefe focleties were to correfpond with one another, 

 every new improvement, either in cultivation, (lock, or hufbandry 

 utenfils, that was devifcd in one part of the country, would be 



immediately 



