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facrcrly. I f grew ficw two r ' 

 Oiktx ticid- wheat, on a loil not quite fimi- 

 kr, so that a just comp.iri^on could not be 

 made between them. The operations im- 

 r wed each other, without anjr 



pai: The plough, the harrow, the seed, 



i \fere all i ^ c »pct» before t 



ploogh proeeedcd« 



A fodder- Iionse (a hollow rick, made of 

 nuux-i< j 1 tlu: wajr ot thatch) was set 

 Vp u) a iidd^ as is u^.:a) ; it wj^ fenced in - 

 It the ftoulh front ol k ihc m.ii/c \^jsh:i^L- 

 ctf. atul ti'c hiwlcs were .\hflfrred in this fod- 

 «^ i-i. J c ; ' ' in the c(nH c 



rf the winter to cattle in front of the rick ; 

 in Ajuil, the rick or foddcr-housc, hcing 

 then empty, was pnllcd down, and the 

 « vcn to the c. 1 he soil 



thus jJbr/UrrJ by the fodder-h^u ^ for rix 

 inc (October to April 



f^ richness greatly superior to the ground 

 on \^ ..:/c V. : ,.1 



