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rality of his neighbours, buys all the oats he consumes ; 

 he can grow as much barley per acre as of oats, and is at 

 the same time a more certain crop. 



Upon the good barley sand, for some miles around 

 Holicham, the farmers think oats a so much more exhaust- 

 ing crop than barley, that they buy all their oats at Wells; 

 carrying wheat, barley and pease thitlier, the waggons 

 bring oats back. 



JMr. Denton, of Brandon, dibbles oats with great suc- 

 cess ; puts in more tlian a coomb per sere of seed, observ- 

 ing, that he did not approve of adopting any method as a 

 way oi saving seed. 



Admiring a very fine oat-stubble at Mr. Francis's, at 

 Martham, and inquiring the preparation, he informed mc 

 that wheat preceded, the stubble of whicli he scaled before 

 Christmas, ploughed it across thin, and then a full pitch 

 for the seed oats. The wheat was on a two vear's layer. 



" The surface of a piece of ground, sown several days 

 with oats, but which were not yet up, was run^* by heavy 

 rains, into a batter, and baked to a crust: t]:ie owner 

 ploughed the ground, notwithstanding they had begun to 

 vegetate, under a fleet furrow. The success was beyond 

 expedlation." — Mr. Marshall. 



Seed. — Mr. Fellowes, of Shottcbham, has found, from 

 many observations in a long and attentive experience, that 

 the more oar-seed he sows, the better is the crop. This 

 he finds to take place as far as seven bushels an acre, 

 and even to eight. 



On strong land at Wissen, five bushels broad-cast. Mr. 

 Salter, six. 



About Watton, four bushels ; some five. 



About Bilncy, four and five. 



At Thelton, four to five bushels. 



j^r. EvERiT, of Caistor, in Flcg, fire to six busliels. 



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