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The propriety of the pradice depends upon 

 circumftances; fuch as the price of labour, the 



price of the feed, and the quality of the foil. 

 There feems, however, one thing always ef-^ 

 fentially needful ; that is, a good foil. And 

 this may, in fome meafure, account for the 

 flow progrefs which it has made in the more 

 northern parts of Eafl-Norfolk ; but why it 

 fhould not gain ground in the Blowfield, 

 South-Walfham, and Flegg Hundreds, is a 

 matter of furprize. Perhaps, nothing but the 

 fandiion of cuflom and fafhion is wanted to 

 render it, in this well-foiled quarter of the 

 county, the univerfal practice. 



For a full account of this procefs, fee the 

 MiN. 23. 26. 28. 



^he Dibbling- Roller is made fomewhat ^mllaf 

 to the common fpiky roller ; wqthj however^ 

 thefe diflindions : it is in itfelf fhorter, and 

 the fpikes, inftead of Handing perpendicular 

 to the circumference, are bent obliquely 

 thereto, that they may leave fmooth and clean 

 indentures, without pulling up or breaking 

 the flags. Between each row of fpikes is a 

 fcraper to difengage the roller from the mould, 

 which is apt to ftick between the fpikes, and 



which 



