3Q2 WARPING. [JUNE. 



siderable warp farmer told me, that the stifFer warp 

 was the best ; but in general it has the appearance 

 of sand, and all glitters with the micaceous parti- 

 cles. So much, in general, as to the effecT: ; the 

 culture, crops, &c. are circumstances that will best 

 appear, with others, in the following notes, taken 

 on the spot. 



Mr. Webster, at Bankside, has made so great an 

 improvement by warping, that it merits particular 

 attention. His farm, of 212 acres, is all warped ; and 

 to shew the immense importance of the improvement, 

 it would be necessary only to mention, that he gave 

 111. an acre for the land, and would not now take 

 701. an acre ; he thinks it worth 80l. and some 

 even ]QOl. : not that it would sell so high at pre- 

 sent ; yet his whole expence of sluices, cuts, banks, 

 &c. did not exceed 250O1. or 12l. per acre; from 

 which, however, to continue the account, 15001. 

 may be deducted, as a neighbour below him offers 

 5l. an acre for the use of his sluice and main cut, 

 to warp 30O acres, which will reduce Mr. Webster' 

 expence to lOOOl. or about 5l. an acre. Take it, 

 however, at the highest, J2l. and add 1 ll. the pur- 

 chase, together 23l. an acre ; if he can sell at 701 

 it is 59!. per acre profit. This is prodigious, an 

 sufficient to prove that warping exceeds all other 

 improvements. He began only four years ago. 

 He has warped to various depths, 18 inches, 2 feet, 

 2^ feet, &c. He has some that, before warping, 

 was moor-land, worth only Is. 6d. per acre, now 

 as good as the best. Some of it would let at 5l. 



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