158 Eulogzium on William West. 
comply.* His uniform answer was ‘come and see, I 
can inform you more by conversation in a few hours, 
and by a walk over the farm, than by writing volumes.” 
A visit to his farm was wellrepaid. The inquirer found 
always a hospitable reception, a pleasant companion, 
and saw every thing about the land bearing the strong- 
est marks of industry, care and skill. The most luxu- 
riant grass, the native production of the soil, every 
where met the eye; not a weed was to be seen; the 
fences in the most perfect order, a compost bed ready 
prepared or in preparation in the field next to be dres~ 
sed, and every improvement effected in the most sub- 
stantial manner, as if he had been just entering the farm 
early in life. His industry was indeed encreasing ; for 
he held it as a point of duty, “in every man who oc- 
cupies land to endeavour as far as capable to keep it 
in an improving state, for the benefit of himself, his 
connections, the public, and posterity, and he who 
ean make an addition or improvement though small to 
what is already known, would be doing more good than 
giving alms all the days of his life.”+ But although 
he did not write for the public, he was always ready to 
serve it, and was often applied to for the purpose of 
viewing and selecting farms for those who wished to 
settle in the county, or called to give advice to begin- 
ners, a duty which he always cheerfully performed. 
The construction of his stables, and the accommo- 
dations for his cattle, all designed by himself, are supe- 
* Mr. West had drawn up the outline of a communication 
tothe British board of Agriculture, but did not finish it.. 
+ Address to the board of agriculture. 
