THEORY AND PRACTICE
Arthur Young, to whom a memorial is to be erected at Calais in recognition of his "Travels in France During 1787-1790," in which he made a survey of conditions preceding the Revolution he foretold, affords a notable instance of a theorist who could not practise what he preached, for though he won fame as a writer on agriculture his own attempts at farming, were a complete failure, says the "'Manchester Guardian." The funds which enabled him to make his famous "Tours" for the benefit of other farmers were derived not from his own farm in Essex .(which proved a dead loss) but from work as a Parliamentary reporter and, later, as Secretary to the Board of Agriculture. For many years he walked seventeen miles from London to his farm every Saturday , evening, and then walked back to town again on Monday morning.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 92, 20 April 1939, Page 25
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