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in December, they fallow them as theiryWr^ direct, and if in ei- 

 ther of the two laft months, are called Winter -fallows, and are ne- 

 ver ftirred at all, but fowed with Barly upon the fecond earth irt 

 the beginning of fowing, becaufe then they work moft kindly, and 

 will bear cold weather better than when more finely tilled. Thefe 

 Lands will alfo bear Wheat and Mifcellan indifferently well in a kind 

 year, but not fo well as clay, four-ground, or red-land ; but they 

 bear a fine round barly and thin ikin'd, efpecially if they be kept 

 in heart : They lie every other year fallow (as other Lands') except 

 where they fall among the Peas quarter, and there after Peas they 

 are fown with Barly, and lie but once in four years. Thefe are 

 fownalfo many times with Dills or Lentils, and when quite worn 

 out, or foppor that they will bear nothing elfc to advantage,they 

 are yet fit for Ray-grafs mixt with Trefoil, as prefcribed above in 

 the Chapter of Plants. 



66. There is a fort of tillage they fomtimes ufe on thefe Lands 

 in the faring time, which they call ftreak.- fallowing ; the manner 

 is, to plough owe furrow and leave one, fo that the Land is but 

 half of it ploughed, each ploughed furrow lying on that which 

 is not fo : when it is (lined it is then clean ploughed, and laid (o 

 fmooth, that it will come at fowing time to be as plain as before. 

 This is done when thefe Lands are not fwardy enough to bear clean 

 tillage, nor callow or light enough to lie to get fward, the intent is 

 to keep the Sun from fcorching them too much : But in moft 

 places they think this way of tillage wears* their Z,<Wtoofaft,and 

 therefore feldom ufe it. 



6j. Asfor finny Land, whereof there is but little can be pro-' 

 perly fo called but in the Chiltern Country, they give it for Wheat, 

 Peas, and Barly, much the fame tillage and manure, they do Clay 

 in other places, adding the advantage of chalking it, which they 

 have not elfewhere for then clay grounds, by which they much 

 enrich it for fome years, {o that it bears excellent wheat, barly, 

 feas of which laft thofe they call Hampjhire-kids , if the Land 

 be new chalkt, are counted moft agreeable ; where by the way let 

 " it be noted, that I faid but for fome years, for when once the 

 manure by chalk is worn out, the Land is fcarce recoverable by 

 any other, whence 'tis Proverbial 'here, as well as fome other parts 

 of England, That chalkt Landmakes a rich Father but a poor Son, 

 thereby intimating the ruin of the Land in the end, it becoming 



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