29. NORFOLK. 24S 



OATS. 



THE QUANTITY of oats grown in tb'n 

 Diftridt is inconfiderable, when compared with 

 that of barley. 



The only species I haveobferved is a white 

 oat, of a quick, growth, and probably of 

 Dutch extraction. 



They are grown occafionally on all soils ; 

 but moft frequently on cold heavy land, or on 

 very light unprodutftive heathy foils. 



Oats mofl frequently succeed wheat or 

 olland-barley ; but there are no eftablillied 

 rules refpeffting any part of the culture of this 

 time-ferving crop. 



The SOIL-PROCESS is ufually the fame as 

 that for barley : the ground being, generallyj 

 broken by a winter fallow of three or four plow- 

 ings ; oats, however, are fometimes fown on 

 one plowing. 



The SEED-PROcESs, too, is frequently the 



fame : except that oats are more commonly 



fown above>furrow than barley is. The time 



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