32 FARMS. 



These new pra^lices operated upon the farsiiing mind: 

 ideas took a larger ran:;c ; a disposition was established, 

 that would not readily rcjc6l a propo;;al merely because it 

 was new — the sleep of so manv countries. Every llnng 

 is to be expeclcd from this spirit. Irrigation is gaining 

 ground, in spite of the dreams that have been ventured 

 against it. And if the men who occupy, or rather dis- 

 grace so large a part of the light sand disirI6t, by steadily 

 adhering to those good old maxims which have preserved 

 it so long in a dcsart state, shall once imbibe a portion of 

 this ardour, wc shall see new plants introduced, and new 

 pratSliccs piusueJ, to carry the county in general to tire 

 perfeclion of which its husbandry is capable. 



Those who have visited Kolkham as farmers, will not 

 accuse me of flatterv, if 1 assert of Mr. Coke, that he is 

 fairest zv/icre many are fair. To name particulars, would 

 be to detail the whole farm. 



Mr. Pltrdis, of Eggmorc, is in the first class of 

 excellent cultivators : his farm has many uncvjuivocal signs 

 of spirited exertion : 300 ncies of tares ; 3000 South 

 Down sheep ; and a watcrei! meadow, are objetSts that 

 speak for themselves. 



The late Mr. Mallet, of Dunton, having, on com- 

 ing to his farm of 2500 acres, nothing more than the 

 stock, valued at 7020!. in ihiity-four years acquired a 

 fortune of 70,0001. 



Mr. Salter, of Winborough, is one of the most 

 spirited improvers in the county : he hired 800 acres, in a 

 state not far removed from a waste ; and by ditchings 

 draining, marling, and good husbandry of various kinds, 

 has brought it to be one ot the most produ6live farms in 

 Norfolk. 



The Rev. Mr. Munmngs, near Dereham, invented 

 i method of preserving turnips, which he described in a 



late 



