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Durham from Yorkfhirc. In the noble tracl of country from Tecs 

 to Knarefooro-forell, harvefl-vvork might perhaps be a week farther 

 forwards than here, efpecially with wheat, peas, and barley. In 

 that fine turnip -diilritT:, vail quantities of later fown turnips had 

 entirely failed, and the land was working over again, probably for 

 wheat. The earlier turnips fecmed good ; but alrnoll uniformly 

 broad-caft : fome few rciueJ, by the harrows only ; but at fuch 

 fmall intervals, as not to admit the horfe-hoe. Ou thefe lands, I 

 obferved, in a former journey, that a great part of the dung was 

 harrowed up to the furfaee ; and, confequently, was in a great mea- 

 fure loft, both to the turnips, and thofe crops which are to fucceed. 

 The land fcemed w^ell pulverized ; but by no means even tolerably 

 cleaned from couch and other weeds. In this laft exeurlion, I ob- 

 ferved fome fields, in which the turnips had not fucceeded, mod 

 dilgracefiiily covered by heavy crops of weeds, fail running into 

 feed, if not alrepdv fcedlnij'. The fucceffjon feemed, on thefe tur- 

 n/^-foils — turnips, barley, brond clover for hay, wheat. Univer- 

 fally, a large proportion in perennial meadow, or grafs for hay : 

 confequently, thefe are never broken up for the production of heavy 

 crops of grain and turnips ; nor does the arated land ever derive 

 the vaft improvement of pallurage. Having, however, no oppor- 

 tunity of particular information, i know not how far this eternal 

 jog-trot may be forced by tithes ; but I do know, that it is impe- 

 rioufly continued by the total abfcnce of kafcs. 



Generally fpeaking, the inferior lands in Knr.relboro-foreft, where 

 I was near a fortnight, have poor crops ; and thefe are very much 

 injured by the bad weather which occurred about the beginning 

 ot September. I fav/ wheat growing there, literally not worth 

 harvefting, rent, feed, and labour out of the queftion ; but Indeed 

 on land which ought only to carry trees. 



In Knarefboro-i-oreit, almoll univerfally, a good deal in the red 

 of Yorkfiu're northwards, and almoll generally in Durham, and the 

 fouth of Northumbei-land, the oats were of the Tartarean kind. 

 Thofe I faw at the inns, and in the fields round Harrowgate, pre- 

 judiced me much againlt them, as they were fmall-bodied, and verv 

 long tailed. They were likewife much mixcil with wild oats ; 

 which, however, is an extraneous fault, owing altogether to bad 

 hufbandry. 



In the Yorkfhire harveft-work, where I had occafion to fee it, 

 each reaper made his own band, and bound his own Iheaf. This is 

 contrary to the principle of the divtfton of labour, and feems not 

 nearly lo economical as our practice of band-winds, fix, or even fe- 

 ven reapers, in two ridges, the middle reaper in each making the 

 bands, and a han.ljUr behind, who binds and fets up all the (lieaves. 



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