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nificant when compared with that of other counties, whose 

 averages of wheat and barley fall far below those of Norfolk. 

 But oats, when they form part of a rotation, are only grown 

 on the poorest soils ; when sown on better land they generally 

 follow v/heat, and of course do not yield so largely as if they 

 grew after turnips or were planted on ley-ground. 



Although there were sfveral Tables of the actual yield of 

 various farms in the last INorfolk Report, it does not appear that 

 any general estimate of the average produce of the whole county 

 was attempted. The great increase of grain grown in the vicinity 

 of Norwich will be shown by comparing the corn returns of 

 different periods. 



In 1805 the quantity of wheat sold in Norwich market 

 amounted to only 25,422 quarters. In 1843 the returns were as 

 follows : — 



This shows a wonderful increase in the quantity of both wheat 

 and barley sold at Norwich, but a portion of the excess may be 

 attributable to the more stringent manner in which the returns are 

 enforced, and greater care being taken in the preparation of these 

 Tables. Another reason may be assigned for this advance : 

 Norwich market has become better attended since the formation 

 of the railroads, but other local markets have also improved, and, 

 now that iron and glass are so clieap, corn-halls are being built in 

 every good-sized town of the county. 



Mr. Bacon furnished some very interesting tables of the 

 exports and imports at Lynn, Yarmouth, and other sea-coast 

 towns, showing the quantity of grain sent out of the county, and 

 the large amount of oilcake and artificial manure brought into it. 

 Such statistics would now be of no service, and might probably 

 produce wrong impressions, as so much merchandise now ebbs 

 and flows into iNorfolk by the railroads. Enough has been 

 stated to show that there is a largely increased growth of most 

 grain, but especially of Avheat ; and now that there is so little 

 difference between the price of that cereal and of barley, it is 

 probable that the extended cultivation of wheat will be checked, 

 and a larger quantity of barley grown. 



It is quite impossible to make anything like an accurate guess 

 at the number of store cattle which, from all parts of England, 

 Ireland, and Scotland, are annually sent into Norfolk to be 

 grazed. The outside number in 1815 was put down at 15,000; 

 but Sir John Walsliam's returns state the head of cattle in 



