1781. NORFOLK. 



a fmall part of which was (heepfolded once 12. 



in a place ; the reft undreilccl. 



Where the fold flood the barley is, I ap- BARLEY. 

 prehend, double the crop. The vefliges of 

 the fold are difcriminable to an inch. The 

 crop is thicker upon the ground, the 

 llraw (Ironger and taller, and the ears fuller 

 and much larger. There cannot be lefs than 

 three coombs an acre gained to the firft crop, 

 by one night's (heepfold ; befides an advan- 

 tage to enfuing crops. The foil a light fcorch- 

 ing loam. 



12. 



AUGUST 2. The turnep crops of this TURNEP 



CATiiRP 



neighbourhood have fuffered coniiderably this 

 year from a fpecies of caterpillars provinci- 

 ally ' black cankers" which prey upon the 

 plants after they are in 'rough leaf; eating 

 them down to the ground ; and totally deftroy- 

 ing the crop wherever it happens to be attack- 

 ed by thefe voracious reptiles. 



It is oblcrvable, however, that the deftruc- 

 tion is partial ; many pieces being left un- 



traction of cMlanJ, and is now applied univerfally to 

 lays , or ftvard, produced by CULTIVATED G K AS : E s . 



touched, 



