NORFOLK. 



19$ 



106. 



SHEEP. 



many of them frequently buried in ir, fo as to 

 be totally deflroycd : whereas, in Fleg, the 

 Hubs, univerfally, whether young or old, Hand 

 fix or eight inches out of the face of the 

 ditch ; by which means a number of flioots 

 is produced. The lately raifed fences have 

 moft of them furze growing on the backs of 

 the banks. 



Feeding wheat. Throughout the journey, FF.EDIXQ. 



" \VHKAT. 



the wheat appeared to be almoft univcrfally fed 

 hy ftock of every denomination; flicep ex- 

 cepred - r of which flock we did not fee a (core 

 either in the Kapping or the Fleg Hundreds ! 

 but calves, young ftock, cows, and even fat 

 bullocks, and horfcs, were ftill to be feen in 

 almoft every clofe of wheat we paflcd. The 

 fprjng of this year, hp-.vever, is remarkably 

 late , the turneps are gone, and the grafs noj 

 yet come to a bite ; fp that wheat?, this year, 

 arc more univcrfaily fed, and fed later, rh:m 

 perhaps was ever known. Mr. Fcrricr feems 

 almoft the only exception to the practice : he 

 never feeds his wheat, from a general idea that 

 " the fir ft fruits are the bcft.' ? 



It is obfervable, that let the Norfolk foil be 



ever fo ftrong, it is not flubborn ; and let it be 



evenfoddened by heavy rains, and rendered cold 



O 4 and 



THE SOIL OF 

 NOKiUi.K. 



