lOG 
Farming of Yorhshii-e. 
in all the hiofli-land districts. Box-feeding is extensively prac- 
tised, and there is a jjrowing wish to have covered sheds where 
the cattle can run and feed tos^ether, thus makinf? richer manure, 
and doing hotter than when in solitary pens. The breeding of 
cattle or horses is not much attended to on the Wolds ; the 
former are generally bought in and sold out, either fat or in store 
condition, and such horses only are bred as are absolutely required 
on the farm ; it is in the North and West Ridings that we find 
most attention given to the breeding of cattle, sheep being the 
favourites of the Wold farmer. 
The adulteration of tillages, linseed-cake, and clover-seed is 
perhaps the worst evil against which the farmer has to contend, 
inasmuch as it is subtle and unseen. We have on a former 
occasion (Journal, vol. xix, p. 515) endeavoured to guard the 
consumer of linseed-cake against the use of an adulterated article 
on the plea of cheapness. We believe those and the like endea- 
vours have been of some service, but a renewed warning may 
help to prevent this evil from "growing by what it feeds upon." 
It is our belief, confirmed by long experience, that a great deal 
of the " clover sickness," of which so much is heard on all 
descriptions of soil, is attributable, in a considerable degree, to 
the adulteration of the seed. 
Some years ago we constantly found patches of land where the 
clover failed, and, having no reason to suppose this arose from 
any inability of the land to grow clover, we began to look out for 
the cause. The seed was bought annually from an old-established 
seed-house, and we never suspected the true cause of failure until 
one year, Avhen a field of 14 acres sown, as we supposed, with 
clover-seed, was so filled with weeds, and especially docks, that 
there was little or no clover at all. We now resolved to change our 
seed-merchant, and applied to another house, explaining the dis- 
appointment we had experienced, and desiring them to purchase 
from their friends in Holland clover-seed, regardless of price, 
but with the distinct understanding that we were to be supplied 
with true and genuine seed. We have never been disappointed 
in our crops since, and " clover-sickness " is now unknown on 
our farm. 
Mr. Pusey said, in the year 1850, " I Avish I could report any 
progress in our knowledge of the clover-sickness, by which the 
growth of clover is almost stopped on some light-land districts of 
the north, especially Yorkshire, and for which every remedy pro- 
posed has hitherto failed ; it is only mentioned here in order to 
stimulate, if possible, further endeavour to fill up the blank in 
our scientific and practical knowledge." — Jonrnal, vol. xi. p, 
433. 
Although a digression from the immediate design of this 
