MINUTES 



Dtc. 



41. 



PLOWING 



for 

 PHEASANTS. 



HEDGES. 



the fewer inter-furrows the lefs mifchk-f they 

 are capable of doing : for while they fcrapc 

 upon a fiat furfacc, " they bury two grains by 

 fcraping up one ; ? * bcfides its being a work of 

 much greater labour to come at them. 



He fays he always u lays" to lofe the two 

 outfide furrows or drills ; if therefore he laid 

 his land in fix-furrow ridges, one-third of his 

 crop muft be inevitably loft, at feed-time; bc- 

 fides the depredations he is liable to, during 

 the winter, and at the approach of harveft. 



42. 



DECEMBER 6. The mal-treatment of hedges 

 in this country is painful to look upon ; and 

 there appears to be only one way of prevent- 

 ing a Norfolk farmer from deftroying them. 



UnnecefTary reductions I confefs are hateful ; 

 but to fuffer unncceflary deftruction of things 

 fo cffcntial to an inclofcd eftate as are live 

 hedges, would be equally unpardonable ; and 

 I am determined henceforward to ftem, if 

 pG/jible, the vile practices, fo prevalent in this 

 country, of " outholling" and " cutting 

 kid* :" 



'* Outholling" fcourinp; out the ditch provincially, 

 the *' holl ' fr manure, \virh-ut returning any part of" the 

 r.iould to the roots of the quvk. - " Cutting kid" 

 V.-:i''A-;g off the kwer boughs of tall hedges ; leaving 



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