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opportunity of extending it to a lucrative purpofe 5 

 and I do not remember its bdng attempted on a 

 larger fcale, till a litde farmer near Norwich began 

 it .about twelve years finpc upon <k& than an acre 

 of land. For two or three years only. a few fol- 

 lowed his example; 'and thefe' were generally the 

 butt of their neighbours* merriment for adopting 

 fo Angular a pradlice. They had, however, confi- 

 derably better corn and larger crops than their 

 neighbours : this, together with the faving in feed, 

 engaged more to follow them 1 whrle^ fome ingenU 

 ous perfons, obferving its great advantage, recom- 

 mended and publifhed its utility in the Norwich 

 papers. Thcfc recommendations had their efFe6b, 

 The curioficy and enquiry of the Norfolk farmers 

 (particularly round Norwich) were excited, and 

 they found fufficient reafon to make general expe- 

 riments. Among the reft was one of the largeft 

 occupiers of lands in this county, who fet fifty- 

 fevcn acres in one year. His fuccefs, from the vj* 

 fible fuperiority of his crop both in quantity an<i 

 quality, was fo great, that the following autumn 

 be let three hundred acres, and h^s continued the 

 praftice ever fince. This noble experiment efta- 

 blifhed the praclice, and was the means of introdu- 

 cing it generally among the intelligent farmers in a 

 very large diftrid of land 3 there being few whq 



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