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bour; but furely this does not hold good when 

 applied to the nature of land, which, by proper at- 

 tention, will be found grateful and productive 

 without ceafing. 



I apprehend, the cuftom of fallowing, originated 

 from the ancient ftate of the common fields, before 

 the introduction of turnips and artificial graffes ; in 

 this early period of our hufbandry, fallowing was 

 abfoluteiy neceffary, as there was but little flock 

 then kept in proportion to what there now is, 

 therefore land could not be fo often or fo well ma- 

 nured as now ; with the inclofure, therefore, of 

 common fields, fallowing ought to have ceafed, in 

 other parts as well as here ; but where farmers Hill 

 continue'the reprehenfible practice of taking three 

 crops in fucceffion, which is Mill the cafe in many 

 parts of England, there fallowing is abfoluteiy ne- 

 ceffary ; but it is by no means a neceffary part of 

 Norfolk hufbandry. 



