K^e^ 'Agricultural InfeWgetice — England, Aug. 



when circumftances permit the feed to be Town in a dry bed, and the 

 neceflary operations to be performed in a fiifficient manner. 



Our wool is excellent in quality this feafon ; but prices cannot be re- 

 ported as fixed or determined. What has been hitherto fold has brought 

 from 26s. to 3 IS. per tod of 28 lib. It is generally of the long comb- 

 ing kind ; is vended principally in Yorkfhire and Lancafhire, and manu- 

 fadiured into various forts of Ihiffs, viz. (halloons, callimancoes, &c. 

 Wakefield and Leeds are our chief markets ; it is forted at thefe places, 

 and afterwards difpofed of to the manufacturer. 



Our drainage bufinefs goes on flower than we expedled. A doubt '\i 

 not however entertained, but that the object in view will be completely 

 obtained when the work is finilhed. Mr Reimie, the engineer employ- 

 ed to direft the whole operations (who, it is well known, Is fully up 

 10 fuch undertakings), is of opinion, that, until tlie main outfal draia 

 and fluice are completed. It is unnectflary to proceed with the internal 

 works ; and probably the plan adopted by him is bell calculated for 

 bringing the whole to a happy conclufion. 



The fowlng of turnips has been finiflied under favourable circumftan- 

 ces ; and, from the land being in excellent condition, we have every rea- 

 fon to exped a full crop of that invaluable root. — July 13. 



Letter from a Gentleman tn the County of Camhridge, July 14. 



* I faw your Magazine in Norfolk, where it is in high cftimation, and 

 read as much of it there a£ my time would admit of; but as I had no 

 thoughts, at the time, of writing for it, I did not attend minutely to 

 your plan ; therefore, at prefent, can only fend you a general letter. 

 If this, however, proves acceptable, I fliall probably try to write more 

 congenially to your plan next quarter. 



* When in Norfolk, I found the cropvS very good on all rich loamy foils 

 that were well managed ; but on all light fandy foils (with which Nor- 

 folk abounds, I think, more than any county in Britain), the crops in 

 general were then very^ Hght, though I have no doubt but that the rains 

 fmce received have greatly improved them. My opinion is, that the 

 Norfolk farmers in general, are the bell in England, perhaps in the 

 world, for managing light foils. They commonly get good o-ops of 

 wheat and barley, even on fuch poor lands as would not be thought 

 worth ploughing in many other counties : And this they do by managing 

 their turnips in the bell manner ; by marling where praclicable, by dib- 

 bling and drilling in their feed early, and by hoeing the crops in a maf- 

 terly manner. But as irrigation or improving grafs land by artificially 

 conveying water over ity is very little praftifed, Norfolk is at prefent de- 

 fedllve in that moll valuable mode of enriching grafs land. 



* An enterprifing Norfolk gentleman requefted me to point out the 

 beft and cheapeft modes of improving his eilate, which he occupied hlm- 

 felf ; and when I had rode over a confiderable part of it, I told him 

 that I did not know if I could fuggeft any improvements, but fuch as 

 he had already commenced ; however, we prefcntly arrived at about 



