THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY 139 



total amount of this source of profit not to exceed 

 £200 in any year. 



Baker was author of Hints for Improvement oj 

 Agriculture by Experiments, which was much approved, 

 and the Society specially requested him to experiment 

 on the culture of rape as food for cattle, &x. He 

 also compiled an abridgment of Arthur Young's two 

 works, Six Months Tour through the Northern Counties 

 of England, and Six Months Tour through the Southern 

 Counties of England, 3000 copies of which were ordered 

 to be printed at an expense not exceeding ^70. Baker 

 wrote a treatise entitled Practical Agriculture epitomised 

 and adapted to the Tenantry of Ireland, with considera- 

 tions on the Dublin Society s list of Premiums for 

 Husbandry} In 177 1 , £300 were given him to estab- 

 lish a regular factory for implements, to build offices, 

 &c. Next year, as the beneficial nature of his work 

 became more apparent, Baker was asked to make a 

 tour through the provinces, with a view to his finding 

 out what improvements might be made in agricul- 

 tural systems, and reporting. Baker died on the 22 nd 

 of August 1775, and it does not appear that the Society 

 appointed any successor to carry on the special work 

 in which he was engaged. From his will, which was 

 proved by his daughter, Sarah Baker, on the 4th of Sep- 

 tember 1775, ne seems to have had another farm, in the 

 county of Meath. Possibly, this account of Baker's 

 work and connection with the Society has been given at 

 too great length, but it seems fitting that prominence 

 should be afforded to the enlightened policy of the 

 Society ; and the story of John Wynn Baker shows in 



1 Among the Haliday Pamphlets (1765, cccxxiii. 3) will be found 

 this work, and also his Experiments, Plan for Instructing Youth in 

 Husbandry , Description of Instruments of Husbandry, and Considera- 

 tions on the Exportation of Corn. 



