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Mr. M. Hill drills all his wheat with Cook's ma- 

 chine, at nine inches ; scarifies twice in March or April j 

 no hand-hoeing, but all weeded. Quantity of seed three 

 bushels, but the first put in before Michaelmas less. 



Mr. Coke, at Holkham, drills all his wheat at nine 

 inches: hand -hoes twice, and uses Cook's fixed harrow 

 once. • 



Mn Henry Blythe, of Burnham Westgate, drills 

 all his wheat. Hearing much against the practice, he 

 /made an experiment for his own convi6tion, by sow- 

 ing five acres broad-cast on four or six-furrow ridges, 

 in an 80 acred field, drilled with Cook's machine, 

 and at harvest he reaped one acre of the broad-cast, and 

 threshed the produce immediately, which was seven coombs 

 three bushels ; it was a good wheat year, and on his best 

 land : he then took half a land adjoining of the drilled, 

 which measured three roods and 34 perches, and threshing 

 it also immediately, the produce per acre was eight coombs 

 three bushels, three pecks and a half, or per acre five 

 bushels more than the broad-cast ; besides which, the sav- 

 ing of seed was about three pecks. This convinced him 

 that the drill method was the best, contrary to a prevailing 

 opinion at that time. 



Mr; DuRSGATE drills all; some at nine inchesj and 

 some at six 3-fourths ; hoeing twice at 4s. and weeding, 

 I viewed his stubbles, and found them very clean. 



Mr. RisHTON, at Thornham, drilled all at nine inches, 

 and was well convinced of the superiority to broad-cast. 



Mr. Styleman, at Snettisham, drills all at nine or 

 twelve inches ; hand-hoeing once or twice, as wanted. 



Mr. GoDDisoN, at Houghton, puts in some wheat 

 with a drill harrow, which mai-king channels, the seed is 

 Rown broad-cast. I did not see the tool. 



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