ftiflr WHEAT. 47; 



fonie few individuals. But what is remarkable, 

 drilling is, in a great meafure, unknown in 

 Norfolk ; notwithftanding the foil is fo pecu- 

 liarly adapted to that pradllcc. 



It appears under the foil-procefs, that plow- 

 ing in the feed under-furrow, is the favorite 

 mode of fowing wheat in Eaft-Norfolk. It is 

 done in this manner. 



The land, having been harrowed down level, 

 and the furface rendered fmooth by the roller, 

 the head-plowman (\i at Icifure) " fets out the 

 warps;" that is, marks out the whole piece into 

 narrow divifions, or ftripes, of about a ftatutc 

 rod in width. This he does by hanging up 

 his plow in fuch a manner, that no part of it 

 touches the ground except the heel, which 

 ilides upon the furface, and makes a guide-mark 

 for the feedfman. If the plows are all cm- 

 ployed, the feedfman will fet out the warps 

 himfelf, by drawing a piece of wood or other 

 thing behind him, fo as to make a mark to 

 fpw by. 



This method of fetting out the feedfman's 



work, when he has no interfurrows to fowb)', 



'is very accurate, and much preferable to the 



Kcntifh method of fowing, by Hicks fet up iq 



the 



