^ On the Cambridgeshire Fen Husbandry. I'eL 



n5te by the conductor. 



We are ftrongly inclinttl to believe, that the theory of Sit 

 John Call will find few difx:iples among praftical agriculturifts. 

 Notwithftanding that our fentiment<?- are diieftly hollile, we are 

 obliged to Mr A. S. for calling die attention of our correfpon-" 

 dents t-o a fubj-ccl of fueh importance } and earneftly requefl 

 that it may be taken up by fome of our relpeclable friends. 

 Farmers may differ about the bell mode of pickling wheat, but 

 one and all of them agree, that a preventative againil fmut is 

 neceffary. Indeed no perfon (at leail in North Britain), fo far 

 as our knowledge reaches, ever negleded pickling, without fuf- 

 fering feverely, at one time or other. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE* 



On the Cambridgeshire Fen Husband) 



S-IR, 



As the foliOiviiig queries on fen hufoandry vv'ere lately fent 

 to me from a mod refpe^lable quarter, I iliall efteem it a fpecial 

 favour, if you will permit me to return anfwers to them, 

 through the medium of your Magazine. 



' What is the annual rotation and produce of the fen-lands ?*" 



u^nsiver. Firfl year, Colefted ; which is generally a gccd 

 crop, and this year fells, when the crops are not above an aver- 

 age, for 61. per acre, to be eaten on the landj and as grafs and 

 turnips are fcarce, good crops of colefeed are likely to fell 

 higher ftill. Indeed this invaluable nutricious ameliorating- 

 plant has "been annually riling in value, as butclier-meat has ad- 

 vairved in price ^ and there is no profpe^L that it will fall much, 

 fo long as mutton and beef are dear. Colefeed generally profpers 

 well on fens, mofles, and all kinds of clays ; and it is much to 

 be lamented, that it is not more generally cultivated. 



The patriotic noblemen and gentlemen of this country can 

 fcarcely render a more eliential fcrvice to the Britifh empire, 

 than to promote a very general cultivation of COLESEED on 

 ail foi 3 that are too wet for turnips ; becaufe colefeed, when 

 eaten on the land, amazingly enriches it for future crops, and 

 its ^-tiltiire muft caufe butcli^jr-meat to be more plentiful and 

 rcafonable at markets. 



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