26. ' NORFOLK. ^93 



tors, under a pretence of lofsof meafure in fend- 

 ing their corn to market. B^ this as it may, >-i^ / 

 the allb'warice is made to the corn-buyers only : ' ' 

 for in dealings between farmer and farmer for 

 feed, &c. the *^ bare" meafure only is given. 



It is a pradice among Norfolk farmers, as 

 prevalent as it is judicious,, not to ftore up dief- 

 fed corn ; but either to let it remain in the itrsLw, 

 br, if this be wanted, to keep it ai few weeks 

 in the chaff till a fair market offers ; frequently 

 flowing it av/ay in a fecefs cut out of the face 

 of th6 mow, for this purpofe. 



ir. STKAw-YARf) MANAGEMENT— The Nor- 

 folk hufb'andmen are, in general, very attentive 

 to fcparating their ftdck in the flraw-yard. For 

 this purpofe their '^ par-ya'rds" are j>^r/^i^ into 

 fundry divifioris with faggots, in the manner 

 already mentioned under the fubjedt Repairs. 



One divifion is fet apart for the cows — an- 

 other for the '* buds" or yearlings, — fometimes 

 ai third for the two-year-olds, — and, when tur- 

 rieps are brought into the yards, a fourth for 

 the bullocks. 



By this judicious rriariagement the weak is 

 placed out of the power of th.e ftrdng, and the 



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