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for a number of years. Upon this piece I sowed oats and grass 

 seed, and could see no difference in the piece from the time the 

 oats came up until harvested. But now, the clover upon the 

 suhsoiled part is a little the largest, enough to be noticed by 

 persons who pass by the lot. 



No. 2 was a piece of greensward, containing two acres. One- 

 half or three-fourths of an acre, through the centre was sub- 

 soiled. Upon the whole I spread compost manure and harrowed 

 it in. I spread as evenly as I could over the whole piece ; then 

 planted it to broomcorn, using a few ashes in the hill. The 

 piece was cultivated alike through the season ; but the broo m- 

 corn upon the part subsoiled was longer, of a better color through 

 the season, and, I judge, will yield from one hundred and fifty 

 to two hundred pounds of brush to the acre more than that upon 

 each side of it, and the seed is much better. 



No. 3 was a piece subsoiled three years since, and planted to 

 corn. The same quantity of manure was used, and it was 

 managed alike through the season, and the corn crop was no 

 better upon the subsoil than upon the part not subsoiled. I 

 sowed grass seed at the last hoeing. I have mown it for two 

 years past, and each crop of grass has been much the best upon 

 the part subsoiled, being, I think, nearly a ton more to the acre. 



Sunderland, Oct. 10, 1855. 



SPADING. 



NORFOLK. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



The spading match has become one of the most interesting 

 features of our exhibition, whilst the great improvement mani- 

 fested in this department shows that our farmers liave profited 

 by the lessons of previous years, and are fully aware of its im- 

 portance. 



It would be useless, here, to repeat the benefits of thorough 



spading ; but it may be of advantage to state the plan on which 



your committee made their decisions. 



It is difficult to convince competitors that time is not the main 

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