158 £NCL0SING. 



POPULATION. 



Baptisms from 1780 to 17 89 - - 182 



Burials - - . 17.8 



Increase - - - 4 



Baptisms from 1790 to 1799 - - 256 



Burials - - - 126 



Increase - - - 130 



SEDGFORD. — ENCLOSED I795. 



^ant'ity. — About 4000 acres. 



Soil. — Sand ; loamy sand ; and some sandy loam on 

 marlc. 



Refit. — About IIS. an acre, which is more than double 

 wliat it was before the enclosure. 



Course. — Before enclosing, the management was quite 

 irregular. Now it is in five shifts : I. Turnips ; 2. Barley ; 

 3. and 4. Seeds ; and 5. Wheat, pease, or oats, according 

 :o soil. 



Corn. — A great deal more than ever. 



Sheep. — More, and better than before. 



CoiL's. — Fewer. 



Tit/ic. — Remains subjecfl. 



Rates. — Arc 2 j. to 2s. 6d. in the pound. 



Poor. — The real poor did not suffer by the enclosure ; 

 but the allotments to common-riglit houses, which before 

 kept two cows, amounted only to half an acre, in lieu of 

 shackage, and the common of above 100 acres. 



Improvement. — The metliod Mr. DuRSGATE look to 

 improve his waste was, after stubbing the whins, to 

 plough and sow oats, which yielded a good crop ; he then 

 fallowed and worked it well for wheat, which crop was 

 very bad. He then clayed it well, and sowed turnips, 



which 



