Young, Arthur Published: 1769 Current Location: University of Edinburgh Library, Heritage Collections Marginalia: No

A six weeks tour, through the southern counties of England and Wales : describing, particularly, I. The present state of agriculture and manufactures. II. The different Methods of cultivating the Soil. III. The Success attending some late Experiments on various Grasses, &c. IV. The Prices of Labour and Provisions. V. The state of the working poor in those Counties, wherein the Riots were most remarkable : with descriptions and copper-plates, of such newly invented Implements of Husbandry as deserve to be generally known : interspersed With Accounts of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, and other Objects worthy of Notice. In Several Letters to a Friend

Young, Arthur Published: 1771 Current Location: University of Edinburgh Library, Heritage Collections Marginalia: No

A 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 accounts of their stock, products, population, and various methods of culture. III. The use, expence, and profit of several sorts of manure. IV. The breed of cattle, and the respective profits attending them. V. The state of the waste 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 provisions, and the proportion between them. VIII. The register of many curious and useful experiments in agriculture, and general practices in rural occonomics, communicated by several of the nobility, gentry, &c. &c. : interspersed with descriptions of the seats of the nobility and gentry, and other remarkable objects, illustrated with copper plates of such implements of husbandry, as deserve to be generally known, and views of some picturesque scenes, which occurred in the course of the journey

Young, Arthur Published: 1771 Current Location: University of Edinburgh Library, Heritage Collections Marginalia: Yes

The farmer's tour through the East of England : being the register of a journey through various counties of this Kingdom, to enquire into the state of agriculture, &c. Containing, I. The particular Methods of cultivating the Soil. II. The Conduct of live Stock, and the modern System of Breeding. III. The State of Population, the Poor, Labour, Provisions, &c. IV. The Rental and Value of the Soil, and its Division into Farms, with various Circumstances attending their Size and State. V. The Minutes of above five hundred original Experiments, communicated by several of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. : with Other Subjects that tend to explain the present State of English Husbandry

Young, Arthur Published: 1771 Current Location: University of Edinburgh Library, Heritage Collections Marginalia: Yes

The farmer's letters to the people of England : containing the sentiments of a practical husbandman, on various subjects of great importance, particularly: the exportation of corn. The balance of agriculture and manufactures. The present state of husbandry. The circumstances attending large and small farms. The present state of the poor. The price of provisions. The proceedings of the society for the encouragement of arts, &c. The importance of timber and planting. Emigrations to the colonies. The means of promoting the agriculture and population of Great Britain, &c., &c. : To which are added, Sylvae, or occasional tracts on husbandry and rural oeconomics

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