1741-1820. English writer and publicizer of
the new farm practices associated with the
agricultural revolution. When the Board of
Agriculture was established 1792, Young was
appointed secretary, and was the guiding
force behind the production of a
county-by-county survey of British
agriculture. His early works, such as
Farmer's Tour through the East of England and
A Six Months' Tour through the North of
England, contained extensive comment and
observations gathered during the course of a
series of journeys around the country. In
1771 he published the Farmers' Calendar, and
in 1784 began the Annals of Agriculture,
which ran for 45 volumes, and contained
contributions from many eminent farmers of
the day.