Eastburn Farm, near Driffield, Yorksliire. 405 
covered with chalk and gravel. Each pond is made at a cost of 
about 20/., including leading. 
Grass-Land. 
With the exception of 45 acres at the Warren Farm, all the 
grass-land is, as already mentioned, on the south side of the road 
leading from Kelly thorpe to Kirkburn. At the latter village the 
road crosses the stream, making the apex of a triangular area, 
the base ot which is formed by, the boundary-fence between East- 
burn and the adjoining farm, one side being the stream, and the 
other the road. This triangular area measures about 250 acres ; 
it consists of the best and strongest land on the farm, being a 
deep soil on loamy clay, and is, therefore, the best adapted 
for permanent pasture, which in the Wolds is a very valuable 
portion of a farm. The quality of this pasture has been 
much improved during a series of years by the liberal use of 
linseed-cake, roots, &c. It is mostly stocked with from 100 to 
120 head of young beasts, which, when older, are fed in the 
foldyards. The young draught-horses are also kept on the pas- 
ture-land, and in the summer the whole of the cart-horses ; but 
sheep are chiefly put on seeds. The close of grass-land near 
the stream, consisting of about 60 acres, and known as the Carr, 
is the only portion of the farm which required drainage. It was 
accordingly thoroughly drained by the late Mr. Jordan, and the 
effect can be computed by comparing it now with undrained 
pastures in the district in a similar situation. 
The Warren grass (45 acres) was laid down about twenty years 
ago, and was soon afterwards dressed with bones, a second dress- 
ing being given about seven years afterwards. In the interval 
it received liberal dressings of foldyard manure, and about five 
years ago it was treated with 2 cwts. of guano to the acre. Early 
turnips are given to the feeding beasts on this grass-land about 
the end of September, before they are put into the foldyards. 
This grass is not so good as the older pasture, but is very valuable 
on a Wold farm. A very small quantity of hay is made at East- 
burn, no more than is requisite for riding-horses and for animals 
in sickness.. 
Arable Land. 
The arable land, comprising about 1050 acres, is farmed on 
a four-course system, which is partly extended to a seven-course 
on account of clover sickness. This disease appears to be particu- 
larly rife on those farms where the subsoil consists of any descrip- 
tion of chalk. When Mr. Legard wrote his essay on ' The Farm- 
ing of the East Riding of Yorkshire,' the necessity of modifying 
