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Near the coafl: great quantities of fca-weed, or 

 ooze, are colledled, and ufed as manure to good 

 purpofc. We mix it in compoft with earth and 

 lime, or marlc and dung, for one year, and then lay 

 it on arable land. Our bed farmers beat down 

 thirties and nettles, and mow the weeds in their 

 borders, ditches, and the adjoining roads, lanes, 

 and commons, before they feed, and burn them 

 to afhesj the a(hcs are ufed as a top-drefling for 

 their meadow-lands. This is excellent manage- 

 ment, and worthy of general imitation; for it faves 

 infinite labour the fucceeding fpring in the fields 

 adjoining. 



Moft of the farmers round Norwich carry dung 

 to the diftance often or twelve miles. They load 

 a waggon for two ihillings, or a cart with three 

 horfes for one fhilling. 



A great deal of buck-wheat is fown here as a 

 preparation for wheat, and anfwers well. Six pecks 

 are fown per acre, and the average produce is from 

 three to four quarters. The price is generally the 

 fame as that of barley, and it is an excellent fatten- 

 ing for fwine and poultry. 



Many of our farmers have cultivated lucerne with 

 fuccefs on good rich lands. On a poor foil it fel- 

 dpm anfwers well, 



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