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About forty acres of afli, and Spanifli chefnut, have been 

 very judicioully planted in this parilh, for hop poles; the 

 foil for the chefnut, is as well chofen as the country would 

 admit of, being that of a fandy loam. The afli upon the rich 

 m'oory land, promifes extremely well ; and the whole 

 ftrongly indicates the great care and fkill of the owner. 



The roads in this neighbourhood have been greatly im- 

 proved by cutting down their fide greens, lowering the 

 hedges, and removing the pollards and timber trees from 

 the road hedge rows. 



The blain, or a fwelling of the glands in the throat, 

 flipping calf, and the dug garget, are very troublefome 

 difeafes among the cow cattle in this and the adjoining 

 parilh of SIBLE HEDINGHAM, where the foil to the 

 north, eafl, and fouth of the village, extending to Maple- 

 ftead, and meeting the lands of Caftle Hedingham, forms 

 a fandy loam, upon a brown tender clay or brick earth. A 

 fimilarity in the foil, though fomewhat more wet, prevails on 

 the caft fide of GREAT and LITTLE MAPLESTEAD, 

 where the land is muCh broken, and the foil in general on 

 the fouth and weft of thofe villages, is of light and gentle 

 nature upon a fand and gravel. The veins of clay and 

 brick earth which are found difperfed through this quarter, 

 are always attended with good effeft, when applied in certain 

 proportions to the lighter foils. 



The valleys are chiefly occupied in the culture of hops, 

 which is well underftood and pra<5lifed to advantage, 

 although the grounds are not fo produdive as they ar« 

 generally found to be, in the marfli of Caftle Hedingham. 



There is no material alteration in the face of the country, 

 to the fouth of PINCHING FIELD, and the adjoining 

 parifhes of Weathersfield, Shalford, and Great Bardfield ; 



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