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rich land of the eastern distrldl there can be no question ; 

 but thev ought to be much increased in that of various 

 loams, wherein turnips are often found onland improper 

 for that crop. But this plant would form a valuable acqui- 

 sition where none are to be found in the good sands of 

 the Nortli-westcrn distriift, because beans are, in general, 

 found onlv on clays, or strong loams ; the notion is gene- 

 ral, that such only are well adapted to the culture ; but on 

 all the better soils of the last named district they would 

 thrive to great profit, and prove a valuable variation in 

 their course ot crops. I have seen very great crops in 

 Suffolk on rich sand, and without doubt they would do 

 equally well in the neighbouring county.. 



SECT. XII. BUCK-WHEAT. 



'iAr. Francis, of Martliam, has sown buck-wheat 

 after turnips, and got eight or nine coombs an acre, and 

 wheat after the buck : the reason of this uncommon course 

 was, because part of the field w::s coleseed, and it bronght 

 the whole into wheat ; tiiC crop nine or ten coombs an 

 acre. 



Mr. Cubit, of Honing, finds that nothing cleans land 

 so well for wheat as sowing buck ; he gets seven or eight 

 coombs an acre ; but oftener ploughs it under, putting a 

 bush under the beam to sweep it down for the plough — a 

 poor succedaneum for the skim coulter. He finds it as good 

 as a mucking; but this only on strong land. He sows it on 

 a second year's laver, as soon as barley sowing is over, from 

 the 15th to the 20th of May; about the 1st of August 

 ploughs it under, harrows well in Septembci', then throws 

 on the seed, and ridges for wheat; always good crops. 



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