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think, that too much ftrefs is here laid upon what I faid 

 about the land not being fo kind for turnips as formerly; fo far 

 it is a fa£t, but this did not mean to imply, that good tur- 

 nips were not flill grown ; all that was meant was, that 

 more care and attention was required ; but, notwithftanding 

 the inconvenience I allude to, I may boldly fay, that I have 

 never feen fo good turnips, or fo many acres of them, in any 

 other county, as are flill grown in Norfolk. 



As to faying it is a defect in the Norfolk fyftem by plough- 

 ing too much. How can that be ? when there is only half 

 the arable land in corn and grain, at any one time, either 

 under the fix-courfe or the four-courfe fhift. 



Refpe&ing cattle, I know no country, of a fimilar foil, 

 where fo much are kept ; and as to the fheep, Mr. Baillie 

 muft excufe me, if I do not give him credit for being a proper 

 judge of what are the befl fort of fhecp for this county. 



(d) Mr. James obferves, that — " The perufal of the firft two 

 " paragraphs has afforded me great fatisfaftion. The necei- 

 " lity of fummer fallowing is at laft called into queftion, and 

 « I have no doubt, if we could overcome people's prejudices, 

 " (which, by the bye, is more difficult to deftroy than the 

 « weeds) this practice would be entirely exploded — I con- 

 «« ceive, the intention of them is not fo much to afford the 

 *' earth that paufe or reft, on which our author has fo inge- 

 « nioufly and fo very reafonably remarked, as by furnifhing 

 " the farmer with an opportunity of expofing the roots of the 

 <f weeds to the rays of the fun, by repeated ploughings, in 

 " order to effect their deftruclion. But let me afk, by way of 

 *' expofing the fallacy of this method of fallowing, how would 

 < ! this deftruciion be effefted in the cafe of a dripping fummer? 

 ** And would it not be very unfortunate for that perfon who 

 " was under the obligation, by the articles of his leafe, or his 

 tc unconquerable prejudice, to fallow in fuch a feafon? Would 



" he 



