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DISTRICT THE TWELFTH. 



Heavy mixed Joily upon a gravelly loam, a tile earth, 

 and a blue and white chalky clay. 



BkciNNING at TOPERSFIELD, where the foil in 

 general is formed of a ftrong heavy loam, with little or no 

 admixture of gravel ; and where the rivet or bearded wheat 

 is moft generally cultivated, and found bed to anfwer. A 

 fimilar foil continues wefterly to STAMBOURN; here the 

 land has been very much improved by hollow draining, and 

 here alfo are fome very flourifliing afh copfes, which have 

 been very judicioufly planted for the purpofe of hop poles. 

 From Stambourn wefterly to STEEPLE BUMPSTED, the 

 foil varies from a gravelly to a thin cold loam upon a chalky 

 day. 



This neighbourhood was very famous formerly for the 

 manufaduring of cheefe, but of late years the dairy bufmefs 

 has generally given place to the fuckling of calves for the 

 London market, and for which purpofe, a preference is 

 decidedly given to the North Wales Cows. 



South-wefterly from Steeple Bumpfted to HEMPTED, 

 and thence fouth-eafterly to GREAT SAMPFORD, the 

 foil in general confifts of a wet heavy clay, upon a brown 

 and a clofe chalky clay. 



tven the higheft parts of thefe lands require a conftaiit 

 and unremitting attention to hollow draining, which, at a 

 pole apart, and made thirty inches deep, including materials^, 

 will coll about 35s. per acre. 



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