SIX MONTHS TOUR 



THROUGH THE 



NORTH of ENGLAND. 



CONTAINING, 



An Account of the prefent State of Agriculture^ 



Manufactures and Population, in feveral 



Counties of this Kingdom. 



P A R T I C 



"J. The Nature, Value, and Rental 

 of the Soil. 



II. The Size of Farms, with Ac- 

 counts of their Stock, Products, 

 Population, and various Methods 

 «f Culture. 



III. The Ufe, Expence, and Profit 

 of feveral Sorts of Manure, 



IV. The Breed of Cattle, and the 

 refpedtive Profits attending them . 



V. The State of the Wafte Lands 

 which might and ought to be 

 cultivated. 



U L A R L Y, 



VI. The Condition and Number 

 of the Poor, with their Rates, 

 Earnings, &c. 



VII. The Prices of Labour and 

 Pro virions, and the Proportion 

 between them. 



VIII. The Regifrer of many cu- 

 rious and ufeful Experiments in 

 Agriculture, and general Prac- 

 tices in Rural Oeconomics, com- 

 municated by feveral of the No- 

 bility, Gentry, £fc. &c. 



INTERSPERSED 



With Defcriptions of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; 

 and other remarkable Objects : Illuftrated with Copper Plates of 

 fuch Implements of Huihandry, as deferve to be generally known ; 

 and Views of fome picturefque Scenes, which occurred in the Courf« 

 of the Journey. 



La feule voie de fe procurer urt corps complet d'agriculture feroit, fans 

 doute, de rafTembler les diverfes obfervations qu'auroient fourni dans 

 chaque province. ENCYctopEniE. 



The SECOND EDITION, correaed and enlarged. 



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VOL. IV. 



LONDON, 



frinted for W. Strahan; W. Nicoll, N°ci, in St. 



Paul's Church-Yard; T. Cadell, in the Strand; 



B. Collins, atSalifbury; and J. Balfour, at 



Edinburgh. 



MDCCLXXI, 



