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26. Rabbits and game. 27. Poultry. 28. Meats of various 

 kinds. 29. Vegetables and fruits. 30. Straw bonnets. 31. Re 

 freshments, gingerbread and ginger beer. 32. Wool in large 

 packs. 33. Oranges, &c. 34. Sieves, wire-baskets, and bird 

 cages. 35. Bandboxes and trunks. 36. Dolls. 37. New books 

 and stationery. 38. Live birds. 39. Confectionary of various 

 kinds. 40. Shoes, combs, &c. &c. 41. Saddles, bridles, col 

 lars, &c. 42. Rakes and agricultural tools. 43. Ginger pop, as 

 usual. 44. Garden seeds. 45. Patent medicines, arid especially 

 worm lozenges, with about fifty bottles of worms preserved in 

 spirit to evince the efficacy of the medicine a terrific exhibi 

 tion. 46. Meats of various kinds. This comprehends but a 

 small portion, and by no means all the varieties of stalls. The 

 whole are dispersed by 3 o clock in the afternoon. The popula 

 tion of Derby is about 37,000, and is chiefly a manufacturing 

 population. 



LXTI1. GENERAL REMARKS AND DIVISIONS OF THE 

 SUBJECT OF ENGLISH FARMING. 



The agriculture of England presents itself under three great 

 divisions that of arable farming ; breeding and grazing, or feed 

 ing ; and dairying. I propose, in a great degree, to arrange my 

 observations conformably to these three parts. 



There may be, with some of my readers, a misconception as to 

 my plan, and, in consequence, expectations which will fail to 

 be met. I do not undertake to give a complete system of farm 

 ing, and specific and exact directions in detail for the cultivation 

 of every crop, and for every department of farm management. 

 This would oblige me to execute a work vastly more extensive 

 than that which I have undertaken. With respect to many of 

 my readers, it could prove only a work of supererogation, for 

 much of these details must be as familiar to them as the roads 

 over their farms. I have always found, likewise, in respect to 

 such directions, with which many books are crowded, extending, 

 as they frequently do, to circumstances the most minute and in 

 significant, that they are often inapplicable, from the infinite diver- 



