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At Catfield, if good, ten coombs. 



At Thurning, six coombs. 



At Siiettisham, vvlien n.-i failure, eight coombs, 



About Downham, guoJ, seven coombs. 



At Watlington, if good, ten coombs. 



SECT. XI. BEANS. 



On the stronger land about Watton, the failure of com- 

 mon red clover, from long repetition, has had one very 

 good efFecl, that of inducing some farmers to plant beans. 

 They plough the barley stubble once, and dibble in one 

 row of horse-beans on every furrow, keep them clean by 

 hand-hoeing, and sowing wheat after; get excellent crops, 

 oftentimes better than after any other preparation. 



I viewed carefully a small field of wheat at Scarnlng, 

 belonging to Mr. Nelson, of Dereham, half of which 

 followed beans and half potatoes: the superiority of the 

 former considerable. The Rev. Mr. Munnings and the 

 Rev. Mr. Priest were with me, and were entirely of 

 the same opinion. 



Beans are in common cultivation at Thelton : Mr. Ha- 

 vERs's are dibbled in rows along ridges seven feet and a 

 lialf, or ten furrows wide, on which eight rows. He 

 ploughs the land early In autumn, and (after the frosts) 

 in the spring only harrows, and plants immediately; two 

 bushels of seed an acre, at the expense of 4s. and 2S. 6d. 

 in the pound for beer. Hand-hoes two or three times, at 

 Ss. or los. expense; no horse-hoeing: he gets tenor 

 twelve coombs an acre. There cannot be better manage- 

 ment than avoiding spring tillage, on heavy land. 



Mr. Havers, and his neighbours, having kept their 

 X 4 beans 



