230 On Fanming in tbe Northern Counties[April,

when I consider the State of that and the adjoining county of Westmoreland, I agree with that patriotic gentleman, that <“ at prezent our farming SyStem in many parts of the north of England, is very detective." 1 cannot 50 well elugidate this to your readers, as, by quoting the words of two very able breeders and agriculturists, Messrs. Bailey. and Culley;, in their Survey of Cumberland.

<< At Penruddock,(8ay they) we observed Some Singularly ugly rough legged Sheep: On asking an old farmer, from. whence they had that breed, or from whence they got their tups? be innocently replied,“ Lord Sir! they are Sic as God Sent upon the land, wenever change any!" The latter. part of the Statement we readily believe: but that God-Set upon. the land zuch ill-formed, unprofitable animals, we cannot 50, readily assent to, and rather think they have acquired their Ppresent ill form and bad properties, by. the. ignorance and in- dolence of the owners. We wish, we, could avoid adding, that the Same practice which guides the men of Penruddock, is too prevalent in every part of Lhe county."

In another page they Say,“ Op asking a farmer at Uldale, why they sowed no clover or grass. Seeds, he replied, We have n0 0ccastio0n, for the, land is naturally, gürs-proud. Those that are experienced in cultivation, will admit, that after growing from Six to twelve white crops in Success10n, It can Scarce]y be otherwise tban grass-proud. There is cer- tainly grass in abundance, but of Such kinds. as no good far- mer would wish to possess- This barbarous-system Is, prac- tised on many dry, loamy Soils, which, after being thus lett to grass, cover. amazingly fast. witb moss, probably owing more to the bad cultivation, than to the wetness of the climate, 10 which it is generally attributed."

From these quotations your readers will have a pretty cor- rect idea of the general management of Cumberland; and of the ample room which is there afforded for tbe extraordt- nary exertions of Such benevolent, Spirited, and patriotic proprietors, as Mr. Curwen. Fortunate would it be for the country at large, if Such exertions were general; for even in Cumberland and Westmoreland, they would produce consi- derable improvements.

But the proprietors of these counties may Shew the advan- tages of the best Systems of cattle and Sheep farming; they. may diffuse be best modes of cropping, and the most valua- ble information relative to the nature and qualities of Soils and manures; they may expatiate on the advantages of cleaning, draining, and enclosing lands; and they may inculcate the perusal of all the best books in husbandry; yet iL will: be obvious, Mr. Editor, thattheir Success will be far=>Very far...