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N U T E S 



TOD. 

 ILEG CLAY. 



THE FLF.G 



WOK.K.MLN'. 



brought, by water, forty miles into this coun- 

 try, at the excefiive expcnce of four millings 

 a load upon the tfaith ; bcfides the land-car- 

 riage. (But fee MARL, Vol. I.) 



It is fomewhat extraordinary that Mr. F. fcE 1 - 

 fible and intelligent as he is, iho-uldbe entirety 

 unacquainted with this quality of his clay ; a 

 circumftancc, however, the lefsto be wonderetl 

 lit, as the Norfolk farmers, in general, are 

 equally uninformed of the nature and proper- 

 ties of marl. 



The quantity fet on by Mr. F. was about 

 forty middling loads an acre, about twenty 

 years ago : it is now beginning to wear our; 

 and he is of opinion his land will not bear 

 claying a fecorvd time. 



For want of mould he is fometimes obliged 

 to ufe forae clay for the bottoms of his dung- 

 hills ; but he does not much approve of it, 

 preferring good mould when he can get it. 



The Fleg farmers are noted for their quick 

 difpatch of bnfinefs j and for the great quan- 

 tity of work they get done by a given number 

 of fervants and labourers. Mr. F. made the 

 obfervation, which is corroborated by Mr. E. 

 (formerly of Fleg)w'ho gives for inlbnce, that 

 has had twenty loads of tough fedgy 



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