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turnips would be more frequently cultivated, but for the 

 great difficulty in getting them from off the ground. Nor- 

 therly from Thorpe, and afcending the country at BEAU- 

 MONT, a well mixed ftrong hazel coloured loam upon a 

 brick earth, and a thm wet heavy foil upon a red tough clay. 



The embanked marfhes in this quarter, are greatly incon- 

 venienced through the want of good water in fummer; and 

 although in the higher parts of the country there are fome 

 fprings, yet their water is fo bad (though beautiful to the 

 eye) that in a fhort time after it has been drawn from the 

 well, it becomes extremely offenfive, and is rendered totally 

 unfit for domeftic ufe. Tanks or refervoirs of rain water, 

 feem the only fucceedaneum for relief; but this important 

 convenience is rarely to be met with. 



The following is the expence per acre at which manure is 

 generally applied through this diftridl, when the land to be 

 improved, lies tolerably convenient to the wharfs, or landing 

 places : 



One. waggon load, containing 90 bufhels of London 



muck, delivered at the wharf, for — — o 15 o 

 One ditto of chalk ditto — — — — oioo 



Carriage of both ditto to the earth heap at 7s. per load 0140 

 Digging or ftubbing about 220 bufhels of road or 

 hedge greens — — — — — — 030 



Twice turning and mixing the fame, two days work 



for one man, at is. 6d. per day — — -030 

 Filling and fpreading at 4s. per fcore loads - 020 

 Carting upon the field at 6d. per load - —050 

 Half a day's work for the driver gd, and allowance of 

 beer upon flubbing, mixing, filling, fpreading and 

 driving, in all 8s.^. at 2d. in the fhilling - o i 51- 



Total 1.1 13 51 



Which 



