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ArtTicie VIII. 
Extraéts from a ‘ General View of the Agricul- 
ture of tbe county of GLoucesTER; with obfervations 
on the Means of its Improvement; drawn up for the 
confideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal 
Improvement.” 
[By Mr. Gzorce Turner, of Dowdefwell.] 
HE county of Gloucefter contains, according 
to Bowen’s map, about eight hundred thou- 
fand acres of land. 
In defcribing the agricultural {tate of the county, 
it will be neceffary to notice feparately, the diftricts 
differing in foil and management. I begin with the 
COTSWOLD HILLS. 
The Soil—is various; the greater part, what is 
here termed “ {tone brafh,” a loam intermixed with 
ftones, on a fubfoil of calcareous rubble or rock: 
the average depth of ploughing not much exceeding 
four inches: there is however fome quantity of ftiff 
four land interfperfed on thefe hills, many farms 
and one or two whole parifhes are chiefly of that 
nature. Near Fairford and Cirencefter the foil is 
richer and deeper; particularly about the former a 
deep and fandy loam prevails, producing great 
crops in a favourable time, but apt to burn and 
parch 
