Graziers of Great Britain. 357. 
the lands which are already inclosed. *Let the use of rock-salt, 
however, become general in agriculture, and this deficiency will 
in a great measure be supplied. Every opulent farmer will then 
have the means within his reach of putting the whole of his farm 
into the most desirable state of improvement; so much so, that 
it would scon be considered disgraceful for any agriculturist to 
allow a single rood of Jand belonging to his estate to remain un- 
cultivated. This would prepare the way for the inclosure of those 
vast tracts of common land which we perceive in every quarter 
of the united kingdom; and the alteration which this would 
make in the face of the country, to say nothing of the increase of 
its inhabitants, may be more easily eae b than described. 
Had our ancestors been totally inattentive to the improvement 
of agriculture, the greatest part of Great Britain would still have 
been covered with wood; and in like manner, had it not been 
for the progress of civilization, and the desire of improvement, 
the finest provinces of France and Germany would still have been 
overshadowed by the Hereynian forest, which in the time of 
Julius Cesar extended from the borders of Alsatia and Switzer- 
land, over the greatest part of Germany, Hungary, and Transyl- © 
vania, and was said to be sixty days’ journey in length and nine 
in breadth. 
<¢ Acriculture,” said the late amiable Mr. Hollinshead, “is the 
most certain source of domesticriches. Where it isneglected, what- 
ever wealth may be imported from abroad, poverty and misery 
will abound at home. Such is and ever will be the fluctuating 
state of trade and manufactures, that thousands of people may be 
in full employment to-day, and i in beggary to-morrow. This can 
never happen to those who cultivate the ground. They can eat 
the fruits of their labour, and can always by industry obtain, at 
least, the necessaries of life.” 
However true these observations may be, thank God the times 
in which we live are propitious to every kind of improvement 5 to 
the progress of science, as well as to the advancement of the arts; 
and the spirit of inquiry which is abroad throughout the king- 
dom, will, I trust, induce many hundred intelligent agriculturists 
to attend seriously to the important points upon which I have ad- 
dressed you, 
Allow me to add, that I am confident those of you who feel 
any solicitude upon the subject, cannot more effectually consult 
your own best interests, or those of the community at large, than 
by entering immediately upon such experimental researches as 
are best suited to your respective situations and convenience, as 
your success, whatever it may be, will be equally conducive to in- 
dividual and national prosperity. 
I am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, 
Z3 SAMUEL PARKES. 
