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cucceedcd to his satisfadlioii. The year following, he had 

 100 acres. Upon the whole, the culture produced not 

 better than the common crops, hut equal. The most 

 adverse circumstance is a wet season for canng the turnips, 

 but at the worst, it can amount to no more than the loss 

 of tlie seed. The course in which he pradlised this ma- 

 nagement, was, 



I. and 2. OUond, 4. Turnips, 



3. Oats, 5. Wheat ; 



his seeds being spwn alone on tlie wheat stubbie ploughed 

 once ; he has tried sowing both in autumn and in spring ; 

 both succeeded well, but the autumnal rather the best : 

 upon his farm of 6cx) acres, the saving in horses has been 

 unquestionably five : the three earths for barley, in a busy 

 time, were entirely saved. 



Feeding. — Mr. Salter, of Winborough, whose crop 

 I found extraordinarily great, this year fed all his wheat 

 • twice ; and he says, that if he had not done it^ it would 

 all have been laid, 



Mr. Coke — Do you feed your wheats.? — Nevej', 

 Never, Never \ 



Mr. M. Hill — Never ! 



Hoeing. — Not one farmer in twenty hoes any wheat 

 about Aylesham. 



Mr. England, of Binham, scarifies early in April; 

 and hand-hoes twice at 2s. each time per acre. 



Mr. Reeve, of Wighton, hand-hoes once or twice, 

 as wanted ; at 2S. each time : but if the land he clean, once 

 at 2s. 6d. with the use of the fixed harrow, answers every 

 purpose. His stubbles beautifully clean. 



Mr. Henry Blythe, of Burnham, hoes his drilled 

 wheat twice, for 3s. 6d. an acre, and weeds at 6d. 



Drilled wheat in all the north-west angle of Norfolk, 

 hand-hoed ; hut some do it not at Hillingdon. 



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