•2 Review of NottitJghamJblre Survey* Jan. 



and erroneoufly confidering lime as a manure, in place of a 

 ftimulus, much money has been unneceflarily expended upon 

 this article, and many attempts to improve, rendered unfuc- 

 cefsful. 



One gentleman has been rather more fortunate than his 

 neighbours •, for an experiment upon a clay field, with him, 

 turned out well. But, mark the extent of his experiment. He 

 thinks it of as much ufe the fecond year as the firft, and even 

 of fervice the third ! We would fay, in anfwer to this, that 

 it is of more fervice the fecond year than the firft, being then 

 intimately mixed with the foil; and that its efFedls, under a 

 proper fyftem of management, will remain undiminifhed for 

 nine or twelve years, and will be of ufe for a great deal more. 

 No doubt, by applying the whip and the fpur, it may be 

 wrought out earlier, but this will only happen where impro- 

 per farming is pracllfed. A very fenfible paper from the Re- 

 verend Dr Coke of Brookhill, clofes this article, which de- 

 ferves the attention of the Nottingham farmers. 



Paring and Burning does not feem a favourite pra£lice with 

 Mr Lowe, nor is it with us, but under certain circumftances. 

 When tough coarfe fward is firft broken up, no operation is 

 equal to paring and burning, for bringing the land into fuf- 

 ficient culture. Without doubt, under good management, no 

 coarfe fward fiiould be fufFered j but before the whole king- 

 dom is brought into proper order, we cannot join with thofe 

 who indifcriminately condemn paring and burning. 



Mr Lowe thinks weeding is not fufficiently attended to, 

 particularly in the clays, v/here very foul crops are to be feen. 

 He feems to recommend the Bedfordlhire way of weeding 

 beans with (lieep, which is a moft flovenly cuftom. Sheep 

 may keep down the couch and annuals when the beans are 

 young, without doing material damage •, but, after the crops 

 get to any length, they muft be injured and broke over by the 

 ilieep -, and, what is worfe, the roots of the couch being firm 

 in the ground, and not prevloufly loofed by the horfe or hand 

 hoe, muft, by the time the flieep are removed, have acquired 

 fuch ftrength, as to prevent them from being afterward| extir- 

 pated. 



Our author's opinion concerning the Cornmutathon of Tithes 

 is rather novel. He objects to that meafure, becaufe he thinks 

 it would increafe the burden upon the landed property. We 

 Ihall quote his own words — 



* But what weighs moft with me is, that in this, and, I be- 

 lieve, moft other counties, more tithes are paid by compofition 

 ihan In kind. Thefe compofitions, ffom the defire of clergymen 



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