l8o4« On the Agriculture of the Neth.-rlnnh. 5I9 



taken for an average. The diftrlbution of a farm of this fize is 

 ufually into about fix bunders of meadow, and thirty-four of 

 arable land. ■* 



Thefe laft are manured almotl yearly, with from twelve to 

 fixteen waggon loaib of mnnure to each bunder, thofe in clover 

 excepted. On thefe it is ufual to fpread, in March, turf-aOies 

 brought in boats from Holland. From eighty to one hundred 

 tubs of about (ixty pounds weight each are employed for a bun- 

 der, one third of which is kept to be fpread after the firft cut. 

 Many of the Flemiih farmers make great ufe of thefe aflies, 

 which being highly impregnated with falts, enrich the land fo 

 as to render it capable of producing excellent crops of wheat, 

 without any other manure, except turning under the clover it 

 was fown with the preceding year. 



In moft farm-yards, a deep ditch is dug near the cow-houfe, 

 into which the urine of the cattle runs, and a fufhcient quantity 

 is gathered, for fpreading over two or three bunders, which 

 proves an excellent manure. 



The arable part of fuch a farm as I am fpeaking of, is diftribut- 

 ed as follows: five bunders of wheat, five of rye, two of meteil, 

 two of barley, four of oats, two of beans, peas, and vetches, five 

 of clover, four of turnips, carrots, and pot itoe^, and five of cole- 

 feed \ in all thirty- four bunders, the other fix being meadow. 



The following rotation is ufed in the eukure of thefe parts. 

 The ground being well manured, the firft year colefeed is plant- 

 ed ; the fecond year it is fown with wheat ; and the third with. 

 rye, without dunging.. From two to three rnziers of wheat, of 

 80 lib. each, are ufually fown on a bunder ; and when the crop 

 is good, it yields from thirty to forty raziers of the fame weight. 



Some farmers fpread turf-aflies on the ground where they have 

 fown turnips and carrots, as well as on that io'^'ii with clover, 

 Sec and then pafs the harrow over it. 



In a favourable year, a journal (a quarter of a bunder) of land 

 well manured, will produce from fifty to lixty facks of potatoes, 



Tliofc that feed Oieep in the diftric^s where no land lies fal- 

 low, feed them, as well as their other cattle, with corn, bean*, 

 peas, vetches, turnips, and other roots. 



Jgriculture of Flanders ; andfirfl in the environt of Bruges. 

 The quality of the foil varies greatly in different parts of the 

 diftria of Bruges, although the main conftituent of it be every 

 where a light fand. In many parts, continual manuring and 

 cultivation have rendered it extremely rich ; in fome fpots, for 

 want of thefe, it is lefs f o ; but a more extenfive population 

 Woul4 foon bring them into the fame ft ate as the reft. 



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