66 NOTES, 



240 In the county of Somerset, wheat is seldom thrashed with the straw, but 

 the ears are cut off, and the straws, which are bound in sheaves, tied very tight, 

 are used for thatching. Somerset Report, p. 97, 98. 



241 Young's Norfolk, p. 300. It is calculated that this mode of using 

 stubble, unless there is an absolute want of litter, will never pay the expense ; 

 for estimating the quantity of stubble got, at seven, or eight cwt. per acre, this 

 weight of straw, of the best quality, could be bought for less money than what 

 it would cost to mow, and carry home the same quantity of stubble. Besides, 

 there is little doubt, that the soil would be thereby deprived, of a portion of 

 manure, and of vegetable matter, by which it would be benefited. Remark by 

 Edward Burroughs, Esq. 



242 This was an ancient practice : See Virgil's Georgics, i. v. 84 ; and is 

 mentioned in Scripture, Isaiah, chap. v. ver. 24. Obndiah, v. 18. 



243 Essex Report, vol. i. p. 325. 



244 Huntingdonshire Report, p. 128. 



245 Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 124. 



246 Marshall's Southern Districts, vol. i. p. 61, 78. 



247 South Wales Report, vol. i. p. 428. 



248 Ditto, p. 341. 



249 Young's Calendar, p. 503 ; Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 307, note. 



250 Coventry's Discourses, p. 91, note. What an improvement on the old 

 system in Scotland, of infield and outfield, the former of which got all the manure, 

 and the latter was very imperfectly cultivated, whereas the whole farm is now 

 cultivated, as much as circumstances will admit of, on the same system. 

 ^"^5* 'See an important communication on that subject, by Francis Blaikie, Esq. 



Addenda, No. VJ. 



251 Vanderstraeten's Improved Agriculture, p. 36. The more valuable crops 

 are, 1 . Flax ; 2. Hemp ; 3. Cole-seed, and, 4. Potatoes. Rape for seed is much 

 grown. Besides other advantages, the farmers thus supply themselves with oil 

 for their lamps, and have their light at a trifling expense. 



252 Cabbages succeed best on grounds which are too rich for either turnips 

 or potatoes. They are apt to be injured by frost ; and in cold districts, there- 

 fore, they ought to be consumed early in the season. Cabbages require so 

 much manure, that they can be raised with advantage only in places where 

 plenty of dung can easily be obtained. They are rarely, on that account, in- 

 cluded in common rotations. 



253 Remark by John Middleton, Esq. 



254 Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 103. 



23#' Communication from John Middleton, Esq. In places at a consider- 

 le distance from a large market town, 1 . Winter tares ; 2. Wheat ; and, 3, 



Clover, make an advisable mode of cropping, on strong land, in a climate where 



winter tares can be successfully cultivated. Ditto. 



257 Communication from John Middleton, Esq. 



258 In regard to winter wheat sown in spring, after turnips, an experienced 

 farmer in East- Lothian, (Mr Dudgeon of Prora,) observes, that it may be 

 safely sown as late as the middle of March, and even later ; and that on fine 

 land, it is frequently grown, in preference either to barley or oats, if sheep 

 have eaten the turnips upon the ground, which is the most valuable, and the 

 least expensive method of using the turnip crop. But good land, by this 

 scheme, would be over dunged, were it not for the practice adopted, of strip- 

 ping out a part of the turnips, to the amount of one-fourth, one-third, or even 

 one-half, (leaving the alternate rows,) and carrying those drawn out to be used 

 by cattle. When a certain breadth is thus stripped, the hurdles can be set up- 

 on the drills which remain, and the stripping be carried on as the sheep may 

 require more ground. 



259 Mr Rennie of Phantassie, and Mr Brown of Markle, in East- Lothian. 

 In the Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 104, the same course is recommended. 

 By the profits resulting from the adoption of that rotation, an active and in- 



