L ^95 1 

 as he breaks up and fows with turnips and 

 corn, merely as a preparative to grafs, which 

 anlwers much better than arable. 



Hti has improved in a few years 200 

 acres in the above manner ; and he finds 

 from experience^ that the whole 2080 acres 

 will be worth one with another 12 i". an acre 

 when completed. His ftock upon this farm 

 is as, follows. 

 20 Horfea 

 40 Cows. 



1200 Sheep 

 300 Beafts in fummeri 



A noble parcel of cattle to be kept upon 

 a wild fpot, which once maintained karce 

 any thing ; and was not diftinguilhed from 

 the unvarying dark hue of the whole coun-^ 

 try. Many trsiOis much more extenfive of 

 the neighbouring moors are more improve-^ 

 able than this, and want nothing but an 

 equal fpirit m their owners to be diftin- 

 guillied by a variation of title from the 

 adjoining country as- v/ell as G'reenJielJ, a 

 nanie given to this farm from the appear- 

 ance of green fields in the midfl of black 

 defartSi 



Mr. Elliot m general deems the improve^ 

 ment of moors the moft profitable of all 

 hufbandry, and finds by experience, that 

 none are fo bad, or of lo ftubborn a nature, 

 but their cultivation will be highly profit- 

 able : He. is induced to declare this from 

 O 2 general 



