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than for the latter; the dibbling of which 

 cannot be faid to have yet gained a footing in 

 it : nor, perhaps, are the {hallow foils of this 

 part of the Diflridt adapted to the pradtice, 

 how excellent foever it may be upon deeper 

 richer foils. Neverthelefs, the pradice being 

 peculiar to Norfolk, (and the part of Suffolk 

 adjoining to Norfolk) I embraced every op- 

 portunity of gaining what information I could 

 iclpcding it, and was iingularly fuccefsful in 

 jiiy enquiiies ; the refults of which appearing 

 fully in Minutes made at the time of enquiry, 

 I forbear faying any thing further upon the 

 fubje£t in this place. 



IV. State of the soil. — The hufbandmen 

 of Norfolk, not^vithftanding the natural dry- 

 nefs and lightnefs of their foil, are particularly 

 careful not to fow fpring crops when the foil is 

 what they call " cold and heavy." — When 

 they are under the ncccfllty of fowing under 

 this predicament, they endeavour to fow above 

 and harrow in the feeds -,- — whereas, If the 

 feafon be tolerable, it is a prevailing practice 

 to plow in almoft all kinds of grain. Whe^i 

 the foil is fccn to fmoke after a fnowcr at fun- 

 rife. 



