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land, are not lefs produfllve: thofe in grafs, are fine in herbage, well watered, and will fat 

 an ox expeditioufly of any weight. The various farnisare in feveralty, from 600, down 1040 acres 

 each, all well fenced, wooded and watered. The glebe^ reckoned the largeft in England, is 

 about 400 acrey. Throughout this parifla the fineft white ivheats are grown, fonne of which, 

 even the prefent year, weighed 651b. the Winchefter bufhel. The rentals have increafed withia 

 thefe ten years from 12s. to 20s. per acre, vi^hich is now the average price on new tenures ; fo 

 general is the fpirit of cultivation, that there are fcarcely twenty fquare yards of common, or 

 wafte lands throughout the parifn. 



CROPS. — All kinds of corn are abundantly grown here ; but lefs of barley than any other, 

 it being found to run fo much to flraw, as" to produce the grain of a lean, and coarfe quality. 

 Rape feed, coriander^ mujlards, white and brown, and carravjay^ are likewife grown occafionally 

 to a confiderable amount. 



The beft courfe of hulhandry is as follows : 



1 Fallow for oats (if tender land with turnips.) 



2 Clover. 

 5 Wheat. 



4 Beans or Peas. 

 And if the land is in good heart, and has been cleanly hoed, another crop of wheat is {bme- 

 times taken before the next fallow. This fyflem is not much departed from, except towards the 

 end of a leafe. V/here the foil appears tired with the repetition of clo'vers, which in that cafe die 

 off in the fpring, tares are frequently fubftituted in their room, and the change is found advan-- 

 tageous beyond the fucceeding crop of wheat. 



The average produce is Wheat 32 bufhels 



Oats 48 bufhels 



Beans 32 bufliels 



Peas 36 bufhels 



Colefeed 34 bufiiels per acre. 



The lands in high cultivation will yield one-fourth more — The marfli corn, though not fo ■ 

 bulky on the ground, is generally better fet, and weighs heavier. 



HOPS have lately been introduced on the glebe, with a profpe^l of confiderable fuccefs; the 

 quantity and quality grown laft year on twelve acres, refute the general opinion, that the fea air 

 is detrimental to this plant. 



MANURE. — Chalk Rubbish brought in vefTels from the Kentifli cliffs has been the principal 

 manure, or rather alterati've, to the ploughed lands here time immemorially. Horfe, and other 

 dung, till within a few yeare, were efteemed of no value, and therefore not carted on the land. — 



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