CitJiivution of Arable Land. Barley. Kinds of \ 47 



Icy is grown pretty extcnfivcly in the fouthcrn as well as the eaftcrn parts of the 

 ifland ; and the fecond, or long eared fort, may frequently be-met with, but iVoni 

 the great- length and. weight of its cars, it is more apt to lodge, confcquently is 

 more hazardous than that of the common or fpring kind. The fprat or battle 

 dore fbrt isl&amp;gt;roader in the car than any of the others, and has at the fame time a 

 fh orter and more tapering ftcm, with erect ears, 0:1 which accounts it is lefs dif- 

 pofed to lodge or fall to the ground. It is often diftinguifhed by the title of Ful- 

 ham barley, from its having been Extenfi vely cultivated in the neighbourhood of 

 that place. The bear or four- rowed barley, and &amp;lt; the big or fix -rowed barley, are 

 grown to confiderable extent-ail the north -weftcrn parts of England, as well as in; 

 Scotland, Thefeare winter barleys, and require ro be put. into the ground in the. 

 autumnal. feafon, fomewhat ifi&amp;lt;themannerof wheat. 



From the tender and delicate nature of this fort of grain, efpecially in the more 

 early Mages of its growth, it is incapable of being cultivated with advantage on 

 the ftiff, heavy, and wet descriptions of foil, or fuch as are of a cold and tenacious 

 quality. It is faid to grow in the mod perfect manner in a-loamy fand, or fuch 

 foils as are moderately dry and fufficiently light; The.moft plump and thinnerl- 

 rined grain is aflerted to be produced on fuch lands as are dry, light and mellow ; 

 and thefe are the qualities that are confidered as the mtoft eftimable. Light poor 

 land, when dry and xvarm in refpect to foil and fituation, is even capable of af 

 fording barley that is much Superior in quality to -fuch as is grown on ftrong lands 

 that are of a cold and moift nature. 



Thisfort of grain is culti vated after almoft every kind of crop; but it has been 

 found to fucceed to the moft advantage after thofe of the green or ameliorating 

 kind j as turnips^ potatoes, carrots, peas, tares, &c. However, .from the nature of 

 grain crops, it can feldom be cultivated to great advantage after wheat, rye, or oats : 

 in fuch cafes it has generally been obferved that the crops were blighted and im 

 perfectly fed, even upon foils the moft adapted to this fort of grain.* Where 

 flax, hemp, or rape, are grown, .barley may fometimes be fown after them. When 

 fown. after any^ of thefe improving crops, manure is feldom neceflary ; as in many 

 of them the foil muft be rendered fuitable by the feeding of them oifby animals, 

 and in the others, from a large proportion of it being required for the growth 

 of fuch crops, it muft be equally unneceflary. If, however, a wheat or other 



fort of ftubblebe chofen for the purpofe&amp;gt; manure will be requifitCj which mould 

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* Donaldfon s Prefent State of Husbandry in Great Britain. 



