3l6 BEAKS. 



i-s more common to sow from two to three busrtels broad- 

 tast, and plough them in ; but they hand-hoe all twice. 

 The crop in general six to seven coombs ; last year ten. 



In the old lands adjoining the Smecth, the best farmers 

 sow them in everv third furrow, but slovens at random ; 

 the rows ploughed and cleaned yield by far the best crop, 

 even to ten or twelve coombs per acre in good years: 

 broad-cast six or seven. 



Some beans in the vicinity of Downham broad-ctst, 

 and a few farmers hoe : some furrowed and ploughed 

 between, produce seven or eight coombs. 



Mr. Porter, of Watlington, sows them in every third 

 or fourth furrow ; if the latter, he plougb.s between the 

 rows ; if the former, he hand-hoes. Has dibbled some, 

 and thev answered well ; he left a wheat stubble till the 

 sprinc:, then set two rows on every other furrow, and hand- 

 hoed : got ten coombs an acre ; and eight or nine coombs 

 of wheat after them: af;er beans, always as good as any 

 other wheat. 



In discourse during this journey with Mr. Ming ay, of 

 Thetford, on the subject ot beans, he mentioned that on 

 his farm at Ashfiekl, in Suttolk, he has a licld of seven 

 acres and a half, which has been thus cropped : 



3797 Beans. 



1798 Wheat. 



1799 Beans. 



1800 Wheat. 



1801 Beans (Mr. Mikgay's ; and he sold iiol worth 

 from ilie seven acres and a half.) 



1802 Wheat; estimated by the bailiff at from ten to 

 twelve coombs an acre. 



Soil, strong loam on clay marie. 



Observation. — The not extending the culture of beans 

 i-s a great deficiency in the husbandry of Norfolk. In the 



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