.1796.] 
greater confequence to the fuitors, arife 
from the unfkilfulnefs or dithonefty of 
praétifers—none of which evils are re- 
medied by taxation. ; 
Were the Judges to exercife the power 
given them by the Aéts of Parliament, 
for regulating Attornies and Solicitors 
and examine young men when they 
come: for admiffion, as to their qualifica- 
tions, &c, and require a_ teftimonial 
of their good chara¢ter, the evils we 
complain of, would, I believe, in a 
great meafure be checked, if not entirely 
removed, 
It was with pleafure I heard, laft 
winter, of a fcheme for the foundation 
of a fociety, under the fanétion of Par- 
Jiament, to confift of men of rank in the 
profefiion, before whom all young men, 
previous to their-applying for admiffion, 
Were to undergo an examination. Such 
an inftitution, would, I think, be of great 
utility, as well to the profeffion as to 
the community in general; and we 
fhould’ then feldom hear of fuitors fuf- 
fering ‘by the ignorance or villainy of 
their attornies. 
Brifiol, Aug. 15, 
17.96. 
ATTORNATUS. 
a 
To the Editor of ihe Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, : 
ue great importance of an EXPE- 
RIMENTAL FARM to the future 
improvement of agriculture being uni- 
verfally acknowledged, I have much fa- 
tisfaétion in tranfmitting to you fome 
saccount of a projected inftitution of that 
kind in the county of Durham. . Man 
of your readers will, doubtlefs, recollect 
that a fimilar fcheme was_fome time 
fince propofed by the fociety at Bath, 
and another, more recently, by the fo- 
ciety in Leicefterfhire. I do not recol- 
leét whether plans of cither of thefe 
were matured ; I believe none was pub- 
lithed ; and it is certain, that from fome 
unavoidable caufes, both projects were 
rendered abortive. It is ftill, however, 
admitted by the moft fkilful farmers in 
this. kingdom, that nothing will con- 
tribute {o greatly and certainly to the 
fpeedy advancement of the Georgical 
arts as the cftablifhment of two or three 
experimental farins, on liberal principles. 
The outline of the plan of the Durham 
farm, here fubjoined, will poffibly excite 
emulation in other diftriéts; and I fhall 
‘hope, through the medium of your cen- 
Plan of Experimental Farm. 
39 
tral Mifcellany, to hear of other inftitu- 
tions of the fame kind. 
lam, fir, your conftant reader, 
Fuly 29, 1796. AGRICOLA. 
PROPOSALS FOR ESTABLISHING AN 
EXPERIMENTAL. SOCIETY OP 
AGRICULTURE, {N THE COUNTY 
OF DURHAM. 
WITH a view to the attainment of 
this important objeét, it is propofed to 
eftablifhan Experimental Society of Agri- 
culture, and to profecute fuch trials as 
feem likely to improve the art, on a 
farm taken for that purpofe. Such an 
inftitution, under the direction of well- 
informed and difinterefted cultivators, 
would afford to neighbouring farmers 
examples of the moft approved rotation 
of crops, of the moft advantageous ma- 
nagement of land, and of the ufe of the 
beft implements of hufbandry. It would 
tend to improve the ftock of the country, 
by introducing the moft efteemed breeds, 
and by affording an opportunity of af- 
certaining the excellencies and defeéts of 
each; fuch as the quantity and quality 
of food they require to make them 
thrive; their power of bearing incle- 
mency of weather, their general hardi- 
hood, and many other important circum- 
ftances, which ftock-breeders can hardly 
be expected to divulge, but which would 
be fully and candidly publifhed by the 
fociety. The cultivation alfo of artificial 
graffes, and the inveftigation of the vir- — 
tue of cach, and of the foil and expofure 
in which they flourifh moft, prefent an 
ample field forimprovement. And laftly, 
the fociety, by pointing out the moft ef- 
fectual and expedient modes of draining, 
of fencing, and of performing all thofe 
various operations which are required in 
hufbandry, might contribute to form a 
more intelligent and ufeful body of la- 
bourers than can at prefent be met with. 
In every branch, in fhort, of agriculture, 
the fociety would (it is hoped) prove 
beneficial, by confirming  eftablifhed 
ufages, where they are founded in truth; 
by deteéting and removing errors, where 
they have been allowed to creep in; and 
by exploring the yet hidden paths which 
may lead to the perfecting of this the 
moft neceflary, and the moft pleafing of 
all the arts that are praétifed by man. 
\A plan for fuch an inftitution is here- 
with fubmitted to the public. It is to 
be confidered not as a compl te and fettled 
form, but as an outline, deftined to be 
filled up and corrected by the more ma- 
322 ture 
