Xpl Letter from a Fen AgriciiUuriJi, Aug,^ 



mowed or eaten as occaiion may require. It may, however, be 

 remarked, that though two white crops are here put in fucceffion, 

 fkilful agriculturifts agree, that in order effectually to prevent 

 deterioration, it would be better to take but one. 



The management of the third-rate land differs in nothing that 

 is material, excepting that, as the pafturage is of lefs value, it is 

 not ufual or requifite to let it remain fo long in grafs. 



The average produce of oats per acre cannot be rated at more 

 than fix quarters, or at the moft two thirds of a lad, or 56 bufti- 

 els ; and of wheat, not eKceed'mg three quarters, or 24 builicls. 

 I do not fpeak of a fingle inftance of remarkable produce ; a 

 jaft of oats per acre may have been obtained on fome particular 

 pieces of land, and on others 32, or even 36 buflicls of wheat; 

 nor do I mean to fay, that what the gentleman has ftated may 

 not be in itfelf true, at Chatteris. But the inference to be drawn 

 from it is not true ; — it is not true of fens in general. In a 

 word, it is phyfically impoffible that any land Ihould bear fuch a 

 rotation, and fuch a produce ad injin'itum ; without which, the 

 ftatement cannot be called an average : — and why he has at- 

 tempted to make it appear fo, he beft can judge. His anfwcr 

 to the queries, which he dates to have been fent to him, may 

 amufe; but they certainly tend to millead, and they cannot be 

 admitted by one who is really 



A Fen Agriculturist. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER's MAGAZINE. 



^lery refpeEling the advafitages of Eticlofi?ig of Land* 



Sir, 



If you have a fpare corner in your Magazine, do me the favour 

 of fubmitting the following Query to the confideration of your 

 correfpondents. The enclofing of land is a fubje£t of much im- 

 portance both to proprietors and occupiers of land ; but I am 

 inclined to think, that much money has been, is, and Itill may be, 

 needlefsly expended in attempts to carry it into execution, 



^tery — Suppofe a di{lri6l naturally adapted to the growth of 

 corn, and in which tillage forms the principal object. Is it the in- 

 terefl of proprietors and occupiers to enclofe the fame with hedges, 

 or ftone walls, and will the expence thus incurred be rcimburfed 

 by the fubfequent advantages ? 



I an; yours, ^c. Ma go. 



