Cultivation of Arabic Land.- Barky. --Preparation for. 5i 



upon this in fpring tillage. * There the above practice would, he fuppofes, alfo 

 be highly advantageous. 



When this fort of crop is introduced upon green fallows, fuch as turnips, &c. 

 it is fometimes the cuftom to prepare the land only by one ploughing ; but a better 

 practice is that of giving two earths, the firft as early in the fpring as it can be 

 done, and the fecond immediately before the feed is put in. This is the practice 

 moftly adopted in Norfolk, where the barley hulbandry, on turnip fallows, is, in 

 moft inflances, well performed. 



Ploughing but once for fummer corn has however been advifed by fome : this 

 practice, it has been obferved by an intelligent farmer, though certainly not gene 

 ral in the county of Norfolk, is yet by no means uncommon. His crop of bar 

 ley was never more abundant than it was laft year from a {ingle ploughing. He 

 has now between forty and fifty acres, which have the appearance of being very 

 productive at the enfuing harveft, not one acre of which has been ploughed twice. 

 This practice certainly faves expenfe, faves time, and is very fimple. He does 

 not, however, mean to recommend it merely becaufe he adopts it himfelf; every 

 man muft be guided by circumftances : if his land is foul he muft clean it, and 

 frequent ploughing is at once the cheapeft and moft effectual method he can pur- 

 fue. If, however, the land be thoroughly cleaned by the ufual laborious prepara 

 tion of turnips, it cannot be very foul for barley or oats, one of which is moftly 

 the fucceeding crop jandhefufpects the neceflity of frequent ploughings for fum 

 mer corn is generally attributable to the fiovenly injudicious, manner in which the 

 fummer leys for turnips have been managed.* 



Without venturing to recommend the practice, a Norfolk farmer ftates a fact i 

 In the year 1800, he fowed between forty and fifty acres of barley upon turnip 

 land ploughed only once, and thrafhed fomewhat more than eleven coombs : 

 three bufhels per acre. This was in the year of fcarcity. In 1801, he grew only 

 twenty-four acres of barley ; about half of which was drilkd, the land having been 

 previoufly pulverized by repeated ploughings, the other half once ploughed only 

 after the turnips were off. The refult was much in favour of the broadcaft barley: 

 but it fhould be obferved that the drill did not deliver the feed with fufficient regu 

 larity : hegrew eight coombs : two bufliels round. The year following h- fowed 

 forty-two acres of barley broadcaft : wanting to bring his land upon fimilkr 

 ridges, he worked if about : the crop of barley was very great. He has already 



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