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The principal crops of the Blowfield Hun- 118. 



dred are wheat,- barley, peas, and firft-year's ARA;>,:.K 



;> l MAV. OF 



clover. 



The Wbtats are in general very promifmg, 

 and mark the good ne Is of the foil, and the 

 plentifulncfs of the manure of Norwich and 

 Yarmouth: 



Saw feveral pieces of dibbled wheat, which 

 made an uncommonly beautiful appearance : 

 but the practice is by no means general. 



The Barleys havealfo a promifing appearance; 

 and 



The Peas, which it feems are ten-fold more 

 numerous this year than ufual (owing to the 

 prefent low price of barley), are luxuriant and 

 very forward,- confidering the feafori. A large 

 proportion of them <<r fet ;" that is, dibbled in. 



The Clovers, where they have taken, are fine j 

 but the Rye-grafs y in general, hides the fmall 

 quantity of clover, even of \hefirftyear : and 

 as to two-years lays, there is fcarcely a piece to be 

 feen in the whole Hundred : the foil is faid to be 

 <4 quite tired" of this crop. The feedling- 

 plantsare in general fufficicntly numerous, and 

 look very promifing the firfl autumn ; but ga 

 off in the courfe of the winter. 



Their Turitfp^ crops, too, have failed them 

 of late. Mr. Batchelor, of Bradftone, (a fen- 



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