SEPTEMBER. 



man ma/ well enough be satisfied with his profit ; 

 but after many repetitions (and this system has 

 been common for above fifty years), it was found 

 that two evils gradually appeared, which were un- 

 known at the first introduction of it. Turnips de- 

 manded ample manuring where they were once 

 produced of larger size without any; and the clo- 

 ver became so subject to failures, that it was no 

 longer easy to have it every fourth year. This 

 Created the necessity of variations (of which more 

 in another place), but still retaining clover as the 

 preparation for wheat. The husbandry, however, 

 was very imperfect, from the mode of putting in 

 the wheat, which was merely by the harrow, in 

 which method (for the skim -coulter was unknown) 

 the seed was too apt to fall into the seams of the 

 furrows, and came up consequently among what- 

 ever grass and weeds might be in the land. The 

 discovery of dibbling was a very capital improve- 

 ment ; in this method the seed was deposited in 

 the centre of the flags, and the regular treading 

 the land received, pressed down the furrow, and 

 gave a degree of firmness not otherwise attainable. 

 The success was great ; and had the labouring 

 poor kept to that care and accuracy which they 

 began with in dibbling, the practice would never 

 have lessened ; but the great earnings they made 

 gave a spur to their avidity, and they have both in 

 Norfolk and Suffolk done it of late years in so 

 slovenly and careless a, manner, that drilling is 

 every where coming in, instead of a practice 



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