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6 middling tod fmall farmers, refults, in 

 ' fome meafure, from an advance in the ex- 

 6 peaces of houfe-keeping, and an advance 

 ' in the parifh rates ; but principally, from 

 " the prefeiit fcarcity of money, and from 

 ; the late rife of rents." 



Thefe reafons rpay be*very juft : But ano- 

 ther caufe muft.alfo be affigned for the pre- 

 fent poverty of the farmers. The produce of 

 Norfolk is on the decline. We have already 

 cited Mr Marfhall himfelf, as an evidence of 

 this ; and have proved, that the diminution 

 of the produce is owing to their following 

 an improper mode of cultivation. 



It may alfo be added, That lands newly 

 taken from fheep- walks, and new marled, 

 which was the cafe in fome parts of Norfolk 

 twenty years ago, will, for a few years at 

 firft, produce more than they will do after- 

 wards; efpecially if not fown with grafs 

 feeds, arid allowed to lie for fome years. 

 Light foils, fuch as the moft of this county 

 is, may be much hurt, if not entirely ruin- 

 ed, by being kept conftantly in corn. 



I am alfo clearly of opinion, that turnips* 

 if not eaten where they grow, are an exhauft- 

 ; crop. Now, as great quantities of tur- 

 nip 



