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DECT. L= Farms, and Charaëer of the Farmers.

e Lie ize of farms—varies confiderably in this county; in Glendale and Bambrough Wards the farms are large, from 5ool. to 1g 0ool, a yearz very few under Io0ol. In the other parts of the county they are from çol. to 300l a year: Some tenants in the northern parts of the county, farm from 20001. to 4000L, a year, and upwards:—The capitals neceflary for ſuch farms entitle them to a good education, and give thema ſpirit of independence and en= terprize, that is rarely found amongſt the occupiers of ſmall farms and ſhort leaſes.‘Their minds being open to conviction, they are ready to try new experiments, and adopt every beneficial improvement, that can be learnt in other diſtri@s; for this purpoſe many of them have tra- verſed the moſt diſtant parts of the kingdom to obtain agricultural Knowledge, and have tranſplanted every prac- tice they thought ſuperior to thoſe they were acquainted witli, or that could be advantageouſly purſued in their own ſituation: And ſcarce a year paſſes without ſome of them making exteaſive agricultural tours, for the ſole pur- poſe of examining the modes of culture, of purchaſing or hiring the moſt improved breeds of ſock, and ſeeing the operations of new-invented and moſt uſeful imple- ments-

The charadter of a farmer is here ſo reſpeQable, that gentlemen who pofleſs landed property from gool. to I 5001, a year, think it no debaſement to follow the pro-

feſlion: