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but now it is feldom touched till after Lammas, and 

 then the bed way is juft to pare up part of the 

 fward by a fort of half ploughing crofs the ridges, 

 juft curling the ploughed part over the unbroken 

 part, in an inverted ftate, and, when the turf is 

 deadened, to crofs-harrow it ; and at the wheat- 

 feeding to plough it up, in the ftraight way of the 

 ridges, to its full and proper depth. The turf by 

 this means falls to the bottom, and operates as an 

 affiflant manure. I have nothing to recommend in 

 addition to this practice, but that the farmer mould 

 take care not to be too late ; as it has been re- 

 marked, that, as near the time as pofiible that na- 

 ture fheds any particular feed, it always grows with 

 more certainty (c), and therefore lefs feed is re- 

 quired, when fown early, than when fown late : 

 about Michaelmas is the height of the feafon here ; 

 it never mould be delayed above a fortnight after. 



The barley is, at all times, put into the ground 

 in excellent condition. When it follows wheat, 

 the Hubble generally has turnips thrown upon it 

 till Chriftmas, when it is fcale ploughed in two 

 furrow ridges ; and afterwards has four earths. 



But the great piece of hufbandry in which Nor- 

 folk excels, is in the management of turnips, from 

 which it derives an ineftimablc advantage. This 

 important crop is the great fource of abundance to 

 the country, and has been gradually rifing to per- 

 fection 



