■5-7. NORFOLK. 20$ 



the depth of the Norfolk foil (except in 

 feme few places) nor the conflru6tion of 

 the Norfolk plow, will admit, with any degree 

 of propriety, of this (in many parts of the 

 kingdom) moft excellent prad:icc. 



TUE BACKWARD SUMMERLY of the SECOSD 



year's lay, is made in different ways. 



Some farmers plow only twice ; rice-balk- 

 ing the firft time very fleet. When the flag is 

 rotten, they harrow acrofs and fet on the 

 muck ; and, the laft plowing, go a fuil depth ; 

 kying the foil in " warps-," or wide flat beds, 

 on which they fow the feed above-furrow. 

 This, however, is confidcred, as it really is 

 for wheat, a ilovenly practice. 



Others plow three times : the firfl fleet ; the 

 fecond a full pitch ; the laft of a mean depth ; 

 with which laft plowing the feed is plowed m 

 under-furrow. The foil is harrowed between 

 the plowings, and the dung in this cafe fei 

 upon the fecond harrowing, and plowed in with 

 the feed. 



But the pra(5lice of thofe who excel in their 

 profeflion, andwhoare, in their neighbourhoods 

 looked up to as fuperior huft)andmen, is this : 



