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to it. Yet no crop, perhaps, affords greater 

 proofs of the ingenuity of the Norfolk huf- 

 bandmen, and of their talent for expedients, 

 than that which is now before us, 



B-» — m dibhled * feven pecks of white peas 

 an acre, on olland, once-plowed, in flags, " as 

 *'_^wide as he could whelm them." Two rows of 

 holes on each flag -, the holes about three inches 

 apart in the rows ; namely, *' four holes in the 

 *' length of the foot," one pea in each hole. 

 Gave 4s. 6d. an acre for " dabbing;" and 

 hired *^ droppers*' by the day (children be- 

 longing to the parilb) ; which coft him about 

 4s. an acre more. The men offered to dibble 

 and drop for 9 s. — The foil free from floneSo 

 Finiilied 27 Feb. 



H d foived four bufliels an acre of 



white peas, broad-calt ; on harley-jlubhle, after 

 turncps — the clover miffing. Soil light and 

 fliallow. Finiflicd 1 March. 



M s dibbled two bufliels of Vv'hite peas an 



acre on wheat -Jlubble. Gave 8s. an acie for 

 dabbing and dropping. Finiflied the begin- 

 ning of March. 



* Dibbling : for parriculars refpa^ting thi^ operation, 



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