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claims the preeminence, being by far the befl: tra£l of land 

 in this part of the county. 



The heavier parts of the parifh of BULLMER confift 

 of a well mixed loamy foil, upon a brown and a white chalky 

 clay ; and a fmaller portion of a lighter nature, upon a 

 gravel. South, and extending towards Wickham St. Paul's, 

 a wet cold thin foil prevails, lying upon a yellow, or wood- 

 land clay : this has been much improved by hollow draining, 

 at a rod apart, and at the expenceof 50s. per acre 210 o 

 Firft cod of eight waggon loads of chalk, con- 

 taining 90 bulhels each, at "98. per load is - 3 12 o 

 To this add filling, carriage, and fpreading, and 



allowance for beer, 8s. per load — _ _ 340 



per acre ^^.9 6 o 

 an expence which would be continued upon a much larger 

 fcaie, were it not for the uncertain tenure of the 

 tythes. 



Upon the heavy lands in this neighbourhood, clover is 

 fometimes fown with barley, but the frequent failure of 

 the plant in the fpring following, prevents the culture of 

 that valuable grafs from being more general. The wheat 

 from the clover leys is efteemcd much fuperior to that fown 

 upon the fallows ; where, upon the deep rich lands, along 

 the courfe of the river Stour, it is very fubjecl to the mildew 

 and to be root fallen : the clovers however, are not fo liable 

 to mif-plant, or to perifh there, as on the heavier lands, 

 which are generally ploughed, in four furrow ridges. 



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Thofe lands which border upon the meadows in the 

 parifh of MIDDLETON, form a well mixed foil, of a 

 good flaple, upon a fandy loam and a chalk ; but, as the 

 country rifes from the river, and extends towards Great 



Henny, 



