factorily. It grew near two miles from ray 

 other field -wheat, on a soil not quite simi- 

 lar, so that a just comparison could not be 

 made between them. The operations im- 

 mediately followed each other, without any 

 pause. The plough, the harrow, the seed ? 

 &e. were all ready on the spot* before the 

 plough proceeded. 



Fodder-House. 



A fodder- house (a hollow rick, made of 

 maize-tops in the way of thatch) was set 

 up in a field, as is usual; it was fenced in: 

 at the south front of it the maize was husk- 

 ed, and the husks were sheltered in this fod- 

 der-house ; they were fed out in the course 

 of the winter to cattle in front of the rick j 

 in April, the rick or fodder-house, being 

 then empty, was pulled down, and the 

 covering given to the cattle. The soil 

 thus sheltered by the fodder-house for six 

 months (October to April) shewed marks 

 of richness greatly superior to the ground 

 on which the cattle were foddered during 



