34? DRILL HUSBA%'DRy. 



Mr. EvERlT has found that they exhaust the soil more 

 than any thing. 



Mr. Cubit, at Catfield, had an acre two years ago, 

 whicli produced 48!. at 6s. a sack: the rest of tlic field 

 was turnips ; then wheat after the potatoes, and barley 

 after the turnips, seeds with both ; and now, where the 

 potatoes grew, is a bed of rubbish, the rest clean. 



Mr. Repton has raised potatoes for the consumption 

 of his farm ; but not when he has any prospedl of buying 

 them, which he has done at is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. a sack. He 

 steams them for young cattle, &cc. having a very com- 

 plete apparatus for the purpose ^ boils five coppers, which 

 steam 50 or 60 bushels a day, and answers well ; also tur- 

 nips, and pours their liquor on to cut chaff, giving the 

 whole mixed together; it answers extremely well; the 

 cattle licking it up with great avidity, and doing perfedily 

 well on this food. 



This root is much in use amongst the poor at Thorn- 

 ham, See. their gardens are full of them. 



A good many near and around Downham, and wheat 

 after them ; but Mr. Saffory sows barley, for he has 

 found they make the land too light for wheat. 



SECT. XXII. — OF THE DRILL HUSBANDRY, 



The introduflion of this culture has given a new face 

 to the fields of West Norfolk ; and a new sphere of inquiry 

 to the agricultural reporter. Some notes respedling this 

 subjedt, have been introduced in the detail of particular 

 crops ; but more general observations have been reserved 

 for this be6lion. 



Mr. 



