A Six Months Tour Through the North of England

SIX MONTHS TOUR

THROUGH THE

NORTH of ENGLAND.

CONTAINING,

An Account of the present State of AGRICULTURE,
MANUFACTURES and POPULATION, in several
Counties of this Kingdom.

PARTICULARLY,

I. The Nature, Value, and Rental
of the Soil.

II. The Size of Farms, with Ac-
counts of their Stock, Products, |
Population, and various Methods
of Culture.

III. The Use, Expence, and Profit

of feveral Sorts of Manure.
IV. The Breed of Cattle, and the
refpective Profits attending them.
V. The State of the Wafte Lands
which might and ought to be
cultivated.

VI. The Condition and Number
of the Poor, with their Rates,
Earnings, &c.

VII. The Prices of Labour and

Provifions, and the Proportion
between them.

VIII. The Regifter of many cu-
rious and useful Experiments in
Agriculture, and general Prac-
tices in Rural Oeconomics, com-
municated by feveral of the No-
bility, Gentry, &c. &c.

INTERSPERSED

With Descriptions of the SEATS of the NOBILITY and GENTRY;
and other remarkable Objects: Illuftrated with Copper Plates of
fuch Implements of Husbandry, as deserve to be generally known;
and Views of fome picturesque Scenes, which occurred in the Course
of the Journey.

La feule voie de fe procurer un corps complet d'agriculture feroit, fans
doute, de raffembler les diverfes observations qu'auroient fourni dans
chaque province.
ENCYCLOPEDIE.

The SECOND EDITION, corrected and enlarged,

VOL. III.

LONDON,

Printed for W. STRAHAN; W. NICOLL, N° 51, in St.
Paul's Church-Yard; T. CADELL, in the Strand;
B. COLLINS, at Salisbury; and J. BALFOUR, at

Edinburgh.

MDCCLXXI.

BODLEIAN

19 MAR 1964

LIBRARY

CONTENTS

OF THE

THIRD VOLUME.

LETTER XV.

STATE of busbandry from Raby Cafstle to

Newcastle-The ornamental grounds of Mr.

Carr at Cocken-Culture of mustard at

Durham-Town of Newcastle-Collieries

-Iron works,

Page 1 to 12.

LETTER XVI.

Husbandry from Newcastle to Carlisle

Duke of

Northumberland's at Alnwick Mr. Dixon's

at Belford His Spirited works- His expe-

riments in agriculture On draining

laying land to grafs On cabbages - On

fences Mr. Clarke's experiments - Proposals

for making by fubfcription machines for threshing

corn

Defcription of a machine to flice turneps
-Moor busbandry Vaft moors waste
Mr. Wilkie's experiments On carrots -
Cheviot bills-Extenfive waftes highly improve-
able - Remarks — Wretched management of

Sheep. -Sir Walter Blacket's at Wollington-

His excellent fences Vaft tracks of excellent

land waste-Military way- Roman wall-

General remarks on the husbandry of Northum-

berland,

Page 13 to 93.

LETTER XVII.

From Carlisle to Kendal - Manufactures at Car-
life-Vaft tracks of waste land - Kefwick-
The Lake and wonderful environs Moun-
tains Rocks -Cafcades· Ulles-water
Beautiful Scenes Sir James Lowther's, at
Lowther-His excellent establishment in favour
of marriage-Haw's-water-Fine landscapes
-Vaft uncultivated moors from Shapp to Ken-
dal - Manufactures at Kendal - Winnander-
Glorious Lake- Beautiful Scenes

meer-

Mountains Iflands Tour of the Lake

Amazing and moft fuperlative prospect,