284 WHEAT. 



has failed in many instances, in proportion to the saviij'T 

 cf seed. 



IMr. Robinson dibbles all his wheat on layers, and is 

 clear that he gains a coomb an acre more than he did 

 broad-cast, with his land at tlic same time cleaner. 



SirTHoMAs Beevor, with almost all the vicinity, dib- 

 bles every thing : drilling is known, and some few prac- 

 tise it ; but the other method answers much better. 



Mr. Fellowes, of Shottcsham, dibbles all, but ncitlier 

 \vheat nor oats late : only while the season suits : for 

 wheat late in the season, when the land is wet and cold, 

 lie thinks the water lodges in the holes and perishes the 

 grain. There are drills; but not one acre so put in in 

 twenty. 



Mr. Salter, of Winbcrough, dibbles all his wheat 00 

 layers, or on whatever laud is proper for die pratlice, and 

 -what deserves particular attention, all is done by women, 

 ■with only one confidential man for superintending them ; 

 he gives los. 6d. an acre for two rows on a flag. He 

 thinks that women dibble better than men, from being 

 more obedient and manageable. This pradtice deserves 

 universal imitation : his women also reap wheat. 



At East Bilney, Brisley, Gressenhall, Stanfield, Beteley 

 and Mileham, much wheat is dibbled ; also some oats and 

 barley. 



Most of the wheat about Hingham is dibbled, as well 

 a« both pease and oats. They pay 9s. and even los. an 

 acre for it. Generally two rows on a flag, but on land 

 much subjefl to poppy only one, for the benefit of hand- 

 hoeing. 



Mr. BuRTOT-J thinks, that on reduced land the best of all 

 is to dibble one row and put in the same quantity of seed ; 

 it beats the drill : he drill rolls at five inches ; no red 

 weed ; only nine-inch furrows, and good room for a hoe. 



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