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and as the land is generally ploughed in two-yard ridges, or 

 fketches of eight-furrows wide, a row of beans is generally 

 planted with the coriander on each fide of the open furrows 

 between the fketches, and are ufually harvefted at the fame 

 time. 



When carraway is fown with the coriander, from the 

 care and attention neceffarily beftowed in diftinguifhing the 

 plants, the hoeing feldoms cofls lefs than one guinea and a 

 half per acre ; but the carraway is not regularly fet out for a 

 crop till after the coriander is harvefled, at which time a 

 very expenfive hoeing becomes indifpenfably necefTary. 



Teazel is fomtimes cultivated in the fame field, the feed 

 being fown with the coriander and carraway ; but as neither 

 the carraway or teazel come completely and regularly the 

 fecond year, both crops are ufually allowed to ftand for the 

 third fummer: this isefteemcdgood management for old coarfe 

 pafture grounds, which, after three ploughings, is commonly 

 fown with wheat, and then clean chalked at the following 

 expence per acre : , 



Eight waggon loads of chalk, ninety bufhels each, 

 at IIS. 6d. per load at the wharf, or landing- 

 place - - - - - - 4120 



Carriage and fpreading, three turns per day, at 



7s. per load - — — t — ai6o 



This expence occuring upon frefh lands, or where it has 

 not been chalked before, will, with good hufbandry, be quite 

 fufficient, . without any intermediate mending for twenty 

 years. 



The land belonging to the BOROUGH of MALDEN, 

 varies from a flrong well ftapkd earth upon a brown tender 

 clay, to a light gentle foil upon a gravel j upon the former 

 a great deal of colefeed is fown for foil ; mown and carried 



off 



