tailieunhanh - CROPS AND THEIR COST

The history of English agriculture in the latter half of the eighteenth century has been so well described by Arthur Young that any account of it at that time must largely be an epitome of his writings. The greatest of English writers on agriculture was born in 1741, and began farming early; but, as he confesses himself, was a complete failure. When he was twenty-six he took a farm of 300 acres at Samford Hall in Essex, and after five years of it paid a farmer £100 to take it off his hands, who thereupon made a fortune out. | CROPS AND THEIR COST ARTHUR YOUNG. CROPS AND THEIR COST. THE LABOURERS WAGES AND DIET. THE PROSPERITY OF FARMERS. THE COUNTRY SQUIRE. ELKINGTON. BAKEWELL. THE ROADS. COKE OF HOLKHAM. The history of English agriculture in the latter half of the eighteenth century has been so well described by Arthur Young that any account of it at that time must largely be an epitome of his writings. The greatest of English writers on agriculture was born in 1741 and began farming early but as he confesses himself was a complete failure. When he was twenty-six he took a farm of 300 acres at Samford Hall in Essex and after five years of it paid a farmer 100 to take it off his hands who thereupon made a fortune out of it. He had already begun writing on agriculture and it must be confessed that he began to advise people concerning the art of agriculture on a very limited experience. It paid him however much better than farming for between 1766 and 1775 he realized 3 000 on his works among which were The Farmer s Letters The Southern Northern and Eastern Tours. These are his qualifications for writing on agriculture from his own pen I have been a farmer these many years he was not yet thirty and that not in a single field or two but upon a tract of near 300 acres most part of the time. I have cultivated on various soils most of the vegetables common in England and many never introduced into field husbandry. I have always kept a minute register of my business in every detail of culture expenses and produce and an accurate comparison of the old and new husbandry 440 It is said that though he really understood the theory and practice of farming he failed utterly in small economies. He was also far too vivacious and fond of society for the monotonous work of the plain farmer. At the same time his failures gave his observant mind a clear insight into the principles of agriculture. He was indefatigable in inquiries researches and experiments and the best proof of the value of his works is .