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drilled was now certainly superior to the broad-cast. His 

 neighbour FowELL, ofGastrop, drills every thing. 



Mr. FowELL, of Snetterton, has drilled all his farn? for 

 twelve years, and has not the smallest doubt of the supe- 

 riority of the husbandry to the broad-cast ; not only in 

 yielding superiur produdls, but also in being cheaper j 

 he lays much stress on saving tillage, putting in his barley 

 and pease on stale furrows scarified : this is, however, 

 clearly applicable to the broad-cast. He will not by any 

 means admit that the scuffle, or the one-horse plough, will 

 bury seed-barley at so equal a depth as the drill. In Snet- 

 terton there arc five farmers : four have drills ; the fifth is 

 a small one, for whom Mr. Fowell drills. They have 

 come about to this husbandry witmn two cr three years, 

 from seeing Mr. Fowell's crops. In Harfham there is 

 some drilling. Mr. GoocH, at Quedenhnm, drills all. 

 In Illington there are two farmers, and both are drillers. 

 In Little Hockham one, Mr. Kitton, and he drills all, 

 and scarifies a stale funow for barley. At Wilby three 

 farmers; and two, Mr. Palmer and Mr. Bowles, drill 

 very well. At Gastrop, Mr. Fowell drills all. 



The Rev. Dr. Hinton, at North w.oId, has made some 

 interesting comparisons : on a mixed loam he drilled, zt 

 twelve inches, with Cook's drill, one bushel, four quarts, 

 and half a pint per acie; broad-cast one bushel and 29 

 quarts. Hand-hotd the drills thrice : weeded the broad- 

 cast. The former produced 44 bushels two qoarts ; the 

 latter, 38 bushels 18 quarts: weight of the d.-jllcd 62 lb. 

 2 oz. per bushel ; of the broad-cast, 61 lb. 



He drilled barley at i? inches, and hoed in clover seed 

 25 days after : the crop better than broad-cast, and the 

 clover took well ; whichj however, is not common, for ic 

 often failo thus put in. 



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