108 FEBRUARY. 



Norfolk, that would answer long carriage* : clay 

 that is freest from sand and marl, that is soft and 

 greasy, is certainly the most valuable ; and even 

 blue clay, that is condemned by most farmers, I 

 have found to answer very well on light sands, but 

 they generally lie at too great a distance from, each 

 Other to be prudently got together. 



" Where there are different sorts of manure 

 equally convenient upon the same premises, which 

 is sometimes the case, viz, pure clay, white soapy 

 clay marl, clay with much marl in it, loamy clay 

 and cork ; I should certainly prefer the former for 

 light sandy lands ; on sands of a stronger nature, 

 that have a mixture of loam with them, I should 

 choose the soapy marl, or that mixed with clay 

 marl, whichever was most convenient ; but any of 

 the inferior ones must be used, rather than submit 

 to long carriage, especially on a large scale. 



" In point of the expences, the first is the jilting, 

 which, including Spreading, is 25s. a hundred, or 

 2^d. a load, with an allowance by some farmers of 

 2s. 6d. by others of 5s. for opening the pit, and 

 Is. a load for all the large stones they throw out 

 at the time of filling ; the farmer to find drifts and 

 stakes, for letting down what they call the falls. 



u The team must consist of four strong trace- 

 horses, and two shaft-horses, which, for such strong 



* In the county of Kent I have seen a sort of marl that the 

 Essex farmers buy, which, after being sent many miles by water, 

 I am informed, they find answers carrying five or six miles by land. 



work, 



