2.1 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY 



great improvement upon the light fands, but thofe 

 do not lie in fub-ftratums, like the marl in moft 

 parts of the county, but are only found in local 

 fpcts, and lometimes diicovered in the fea-banks. 



Thofe formers who live near the fea, have lately 

 becan to make ufe of the fmall fand from the beach, 

 which they lay in the bottom of their yards, and 

 when their muck, which is made upon it, is fuffici- 

 entiy rotten, turn up the whole and mix it toge- 

 ther; but the more general practice is, to lay it a 

 foot deep in the (tables, during the fummer, and to 

 feed their hot fes with green vetches, in the ftabies, 

 the dung of which, being afterwards mixed up with 

 the land, makes a moft excellent manure, as well 

 for grafs, as arable land. 



Thefe are the chief natural advantages, which are 

 poffeffed by this county. 



River weeds, (an excellent manure for turnips) 

 foot, malt duft, and many other fimilar articles, it 

 has in common with other parts of England, with 

 which it is likewife upon an equal footing, refpe6fc- 

 ing the ordinary proportion of vegetable and ani- 

 mal manure, arifing from their crops and ftock. — 

 But a more general advantage might be obtained, 

 than what is now the practice, by imitating the 

 farmers of EfTex, in turning up the borders of their 

 corn-fields, and the banks of maiden earth in the 



roads. 



