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inches, and then sainfoin at the same distance : three bushclf 

 an acre eacli : looks very promising. 



The Earl of Albemarle made an experiment which, 

 though not in the bounds of Norfolk, is in sight of it, and 

 therefore I shall mention it here: taking into his own 

 hands an immense farm of 40OO acres, with 3000 sheep, 

 and wisliing to provide all sorts of food as early as possible, 

 he ventured to sow a field, in extremely bad order, with 

 sainfoin alone in June : the foulness of the land such, that 

 his Lordship's hope was not sanguine. This was in 1801, 

 and the crop this year, 1802, was among the very finest 

 he had ever seen, at least two tons and a half per acre. 

 The result is remarkable, and will certainly bring to the 

 reader's mind the husbandry of sowing sainfoin among 

 couch in Gloucestershire, mentioned by Mr. Marshall. 



Mr. Overman, of Burnham, has broken up sainfoin 

 layers, and suffered such losses by the red-worm, that he 

 was fearful of sowing corn upon the last field he ploughed. 

 He therefore ploughed it before winter, and summer-fal- 

 lowed it for turnips witliout manure. After these he sowe4 

 barley, which crop I viewed, and found very fine; not 

 having suffered the least attack. He remarked, that the 

 ploughing before winter probably contributed to the de- 

 strudlion of the worm, as well as the summer tillage. 



Mr. Overaian broke up another field by thorough 

 fallowing for turnips ; the crop very good : he then sowed 

 pease; the crop middling : turnips again, bad: then bar- 

 ley, which was much eaten by the red-worm. This fol- 

 lowed by winter tares, now (1802) on the ground, and a 

 bad crop. 



Mr. Coke, of Holkham, pared and burnt a salnfola 

 lay, intending turnips, but changing his mind sowed wheat, 

 and the red-worm ate half of it. This shews that this 



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