24*3 EA.RLEY. 



Through East Bilney and the adjoining parishes, they 

 give two clean earths, and an half ploughing; some tliree 

 clean ploughings : if the turnips are late, but one, and 

 harrow in tiic seed. 



Mr. Salter, of Winl)orougli,alvvavs gives three clean 

 earths for his barley, and will not admit any idea of lessen- 

 ing this tillage: finer crops than his farm exhibits (1802) 

 were never seen : I guessed them at 15 or 16 coombs an 

 acre ; and he has had above 20. He puts all in with one- 

 horse ploughs. 



^bout Hingham they plough the turnip land twice clears 

 and one half ploughing: no such thing as ever sowing on 

 a stale furrow. Some plough in the seed, and a few har- 

 row it in. 



Mr. Bevan, upon trying the diill husbandry, some 

 years ago, and being well satisfied with it, adopted the 

 one-horse ploughs for that purpose, and they answered 

 very well, doing an acre and a half a day ; after which he 

 used the scuffler, one man and three horses, doing seven 

 or eight acres a day ; being induced by the good crops 

 which his tenant, Mr. Bradfield, gained in that man- 

 ner ; and he prefers scuffling, as being cheaper. The crop 

 comes up ccjually, and he conceives that if the drill is su- 

 perior, it must arise (not from the seed being deposited at 

 an equal depth, because the same objetSt is attained in other 

 methods, bur), from the seed being crowded together as in 

 cluster sowing, which has, in certain experiments, proved 

 highly beneficial. Of course this applies to the present 

 Norfolk pra6lice of neither horse nor hand hoeing being 

 applied in die drills. 



At Thorpe Abbots, they generally give three clean earths 

 to their turnip land for barley. 



At Hemsby some fanners give four. There are sovnQ 

 also that put it in on one, but the crop is not so good. 



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