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An experiment worthy of fome obfervation, was began la 

 this pariih about four years fince. A piece of wet heavy 

 land was fallowed in the ufiial way, laid into four furrow 

 ridges, two furrows upon which were fown, requiring about 

 one bufhel of feed wheat per acre. The crop was kept 

 perfedly clean with the hoe, and weed hook, at an ex- 

 pence of about fix fliillings ; and produced fixteen bufhels 

 per acre. The field was then hollow drained and under- 

 went a thorough winter and fummer fallow; after wh.ich, 

 the two furrows that had not grown the former crop, were 

 in like manner fown with wheat, hoed and kept clean, at the 

 ufual expence ; and yielded a produce of forty bufliels per 

 acre: at this time the whole of the field had been under 

 crop in three years ; the fucceeding year, the entire field 

 was fown broadcail with wheat, and which at prefent 

 (July, 1794) indicates a produce equal to that lafl: men- 

 tioned. The wheat was from the {lock of Taunton Dale 

 in Somerfetrtiire. 



The foil through SHALFORD and GREAT BARD- 

 FIELD, confifts of a loamy fand and gravel, upon a white 

 and yellow fand, and a wet heavy loam, upon a brown 

 clay, or brick earth ; below which, at eighteen or twenty 

 inchies, is found a blue and a white chalky clay, which is 

 applied with very good cfFecl:, in ftrengthening the light 

 foils, in a proportion of 160 bufhels per rod, or 6400 

 bufhels to the acre. The white and yellow fand, is fuc- 

 cefsfully applied in the fame quantities to the wet heavy 

 foils. 



The moft approved huibandry in the lighter parts of the 

 parifh of Great Bardfield, is to fow the wheat ftubbles 

 immediately after harveft %vith tares, or rye, Thefe are mown, 

 or fed off in the fpring, and the land dunged and prepared 

 iqx turnips. Twice hoed, fed off, and fucceeded with 



fpring 



