ii2 STATISTICAL SURVEY 



tity of feed fown. It was never fteeped when pulled, 

 but kept to be peeled in winter by hand, and the ftalk 

 burned for fuel ; confequently it was coarfe, and fold 

 lower than foreign hemp. It is now given up, and 

 thofe who cultivated it declare, that they find potatoes 

 more profitable. 



Having now taken notice of all the different objeft$ 

 of cultivation in this county, as far as I have been able 

 to obtain information, I (hall here mfert a few oblerva- 

 tk>ns, that are connected with the foregoing fubjefts, 

 which, probably, might have been with more propriety 

 otherwife placed, but which did not occur before. 



With fome exceptions, tillage is performed by horfes, 

 two in a plough ; the quantity done in a day is various ; 

 die depth according to the foil j where trie underftra- 

 tm is clay, there may be an advantage in turning it 

 up ; where till, or a fharp gravel occur, to do fo is 

 reckoned hurtful ; as it is in Norfolk to difturb the 

 pan, which, once touched, requires fcven years to fub- 

 due. In old lea, or in hills that are fteep, it will take 

 five days to plough an Irifii acre ; in ftubble from two 

 to three days ; fo much depends upon the ground, fo 

 much upon the horfes, and fo much upon the (Kill of 

 the holder, it is not eafy to determine the exacT: quan- 

 tity, but I think it' may be fet down at the fifth of an 

 acre of lea, and the third of" an acre of ftubble. Where 

 , farms are fo fmall as not to admit the keeping of more 



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