194 COURSE OF CROFS. 



of sowing cole, eaten off with sheep. The rye put in ori 

 one earth ; there are thirty acres of it, and fourteen of thenj 

 on a hlack sand. 



Mr. Bradfield, of Knattishall, tenant to Mr. Be- 

 VAN, pursues regularly this course of crops : 



1. Turnips,-^ fi. Turnips, 



2. Barley, | 2. Barley, 



3. Seeds, I But if seeds fail, ' 3. Vetches, 



4. Seeds, I changed to [ 4. Turnips, 



5. Wheat, i I 5. Barley, 



6. Turnips, J L6. Turnips; 



by which means, in the sixth year, the variation ceases, 

 and it comes, as in the other, to turnips again. The sys- 

 tem, however, is open to two great objedtions: in the 

 fourth year, he has no summer food for sheep ; and, what 

 is as bad, he doubles his quantity of turnips ; he also loses 

 wheat in the course. To have two successive years of 

 vetches, appears to be a better svstem, and a much less in- 

 terruption, or rather none at all. If the first vetches are 

 to be fed, grass-seeds might be sown with them for the 

 second year, and this would save the expense of seed vetches 

 and tillage for that year. 



In 1802, the barley crop is generally very fine ; yet in 

 the whole line from Holkham to TofFts and Thetford, I 

 remarked many pieces which in colour were too yellow for 

 Norfolk management in a good year. 1 have some sus- 

 picion that it lias been caused by the very high prices of 

 corn inducing some farmers to be too free with their land", 

 and varying from the course of shift!;, which, in steady 

 times, they adhere to more exadtly. 



Mr. FowEL, of Snetterton : 



1. Turnips, drilled at eighteen inches, 



2. Barley, ditto at nine, 



3. Seeds, 



4. Seeds, 



5. Pease, 



