Eastburn Farm, near Driffield, Yorkshire. 403 
permanent pasture. The arable land should, for our purpose, be 
again divided bj the road which leads from Elmswell to Kirk- 
burn. The eastern portion was under cultivation when the farm 
was taken by the late Mr. Jordan ; but the western, consisting of 
450 acres, was at that time a rabbit-warren, and is even now 
known as Eastburn Warren, or the Warren Farm. 
The jrravcllv land of this warren was so sterile, that tradition 
says it would not even grow twitch ; but Mr. Jordan, after giving 
it a good dressing of bones, essayed to grow a crop of turnips on 
it, much to the astonishment of his neighbours and servants. 
His success was not brilliant the first year, but what few roots he 
did obtain were fed off by sheep, with a liberal allowance of 
cake. The next year he again attempted to grow turnips, and 
this time obtained a good crop, which was disposed of as before ; 
after which the land was cultivated for many years on the four- 
course system, and, by a continued liberal use of artificial 
manures, it has been rendered tolerably productive. 
The stronger loamy land at the Warren was subjected to 
another process. This land was of much better quality, and 
had produced good crops for some years, when the turnip-crop 
began to show symptoms of disease — a frequent occurence upon 
freshly broken-up old leys. The corn crop also suffered from 
mildew and blight. Mr. Jordan therefore applied, _^as soon as 
opportunity permitted, 6 chaldrons of lime to the acre, with 
excellent effect. The succeeding crop of turnips, instead of 
exhibiting "finger and toe," and otherwise diseased roots, yielded 
good healthy roots and proved a full crop ; while the wheat crop 
was distinguished by brighter and stronger straw and the absence 
of mildew and blight. After such marked success, Mr. Jordan 
was encouraged to repeat the liming as the rotation allowed, and 
this process is now in course of completion. 
Fences. 
Proceeding along the high road from Kellythorpe to Kirk- 
burn — about a mile of which is kept in repair by Mrs. Jordan 
at a cost of 100/. per annum — one is struck with the uni- 
formity of the quick-fences, in height, form, compactness, and 
symmetry; with the straightness of the hedgerows, and with the 
contrast presented by the land on the two sides of the road. On 
the left hand, immediately after arriving at the commencement 
of the Eastburn Farm, the fields are picturesque and pastoral, 
studded with a sufficient number of trees to throw into strong 
relief the straight, trim, well-kept fences which divide the land 
into about 30-acre closes. On the right-hand side of the 
