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REMARKS, by Dr. HINTON, 



Upcn the Advantages of Peat and Lime for Mdiiurc, with a 

 Recommendation of the Saifflcr, as a ment upon the 



Norfolk Plough, in very light parts of the County of Norfolk, 



N the weftern extremity of this hundred, the farmers, in 

 general, complain of the want of manure, to fertilize the ara- 

 ble land, in the extenhve parifhes of llockwold, Wilton, 

 Weeting, Feltwell, Methwold, and Northwold. — Thcfe pa- 

 rifhes are furrounded by twenty-rive thoufand acres of low- 

 lands, containing inexhauflible beds of excellent peat. 



Mr. Kent, in his " Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Pro- 

 perty." aiferts, (I am convinced with great truth) peat allies 

 are one of the noblefl manures we have for artificial grades ; 

 yet it is very little known, and very far from being generally 

 fought after. This is the cafe within the hundred of Grim- 

 fhoc ; what peat is dug, is merely for domeftic uie ; the gene- 

 ral fuel of the country is flag, or furface turf, pared oil the 

 fens: its component parts are the roots of herbage, common 

 earth, which will not burn, and fome peat. The afhes from 

 this fuel, are daily depofited in proper places, d:(t.mt from 

 the habitations of the poor, and carefully quenched with 

 water, to prevent conflagration ; hence arifc heaps of this 

 ound of dirt and pcat-ufh, moiftcned by daily watering, 

 and an cxpofurc to the air and rain, and mow of wi 

 and yet o ir firmn-3, with the manure of this compound, 

 good turnips, and find it beneficial in their wheat en 



How n efficacious would be the aflr 1 un- 



adulterated peat, prepared and pi el . >m the action of the 



