Farminfi of the North Ridinr/ of Yorkshire. 5 1 9 
per quarter, and nearly the whole are fed in winter on turnips, 
and kept until they are two years old ; some attempts at selling 
them at thirteen or fourteen months old have been made, and in 
some cases with profit to the owners, but the system is far from 
being general. Amongst the principal ram breeders are Mr. 
Boston^ Mr. Carter, Mr. Kendall, Mr. R. Outhwaite, Mr. 
Sonlev, and Mr. Wiley, and very fine specimens of sheep are 
bred by all these gentlemen and many others. The pure Lei- 
cesters have also many advocates in the Riding. 
Some farmers graze and winter the Northumberland sheep and 
sell them early ; but so f;ital has been the epidemic of late 
years on all travelling animals, and the injury inflicted on the 
farmers by introducing disease, that the practice seems to be 
losing ground. 
Pic/-f. — The long-eared and large breed are rapidly falling 
into disuse ; they are still preferred in the Dales, where they are 
kept long on hand ; but the small breed are chiefly in favour and 
are found to be on the whole the most profitable, being easily 
fed, and producing a greater return for the food given. 
Implements. 
The Yorkshire Agricultural Society has done much in intro- 
ducing good implements, its patient trials have taught both 
farmers and implement-makers a lesson, and the names of Busby, 
Scurrah, Teasdale, and others have sprung up with it, and may 
be classed amongst the highest of the many excellent plough- 
makers, and their implements are spreading through the Riding. 
The old wooden ploughs — which are made upon no mechanical 
principle, are good or bad as the maker may have made a lucky 
hit or not, and no two of which are entirely alike — are a disgrace 
to the Riding. Barratt's, Busby's, Ransome's, E.xall's, and many 
others, are gaining ground every day ; Crosskill's clod-roller is 
appreciated by the best farmers, as an invaluable implement. 
Finlayson's drag is all but 
general in the light soils; and 
Ducie's cultivator, Busby's 
and Barker's stubble-parers, 
and a series of other scari- 
fiers are brought into use 
by the clearing of the stub- 
bles in autumn : having the 
facilities of clearing them- 
selves of rubbish, and adapt- „ „ , 
i bculHer with Lever Harrow-. 
atlon to go deep enough to 
get below the root-weeds. Scufflers, made by Mr. Scurrah, are 
very valuable implements, and by a small lever attached to the 
