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enclosure, and marling took place from the exertions of 

 Mr. Allen, of Lyng House, Lord Townshend, and 

 Mr. MoRLEY, which were in the first thirty years of the 

 preceding century. They were happily imitated by many 

 others ; an excellent system of management introduced, and 

 such improvements wrought, that estates which were here- 

 tofore too insignificant to be known,becameobje6ts of pub- 

 lic attention in the capital. The fame of Norfolk gradually 

 expanded, and the husbandry of the county celebrated, 

 before East Norfolk was heard of beyond the conversation 

 of Norwich and Yarmouth. 



Without a continuance of cautious management and 

 persevering exertions. West Norfolk would again become 

 the residence of poverty and labbits. Let the meadows be 

 improved ; irrigation pra61ised wherever it is applicable ; 

 the remaining wastes cultivated, and this distridl will be- 

 come a garden. 



Mr. Marshall, who considers the prafllce of East 

 Norfolk as alone deserving the title of Norfolk husbandry, 

 mentions 40 or 50 bullocks, on turnips, as a matter of 

 exultation. In 1768, I registered the fa6l, that Mr. 

 Mallet, of Dunton, had 280 bullocks fatting on tur- 

 nips, on a farm almost wholly arable. 



This ingenious writer appears, in various passages of 

 his work, to consider East Norfolk as deserving the most 

 attention. In this, I am sorry that I must differ from him 

 greatly ; and I think, that had he resided on the other 

 side of the county, he would have adopted a different 

 opinion himself. 



** In West Norfolk, no general plan of management 

 has yet (1780) taken place." " Viewing the state of 

 husbandry ia West Norfolk colle61ivcly, it is much be- 

 neath that of East Norfolk." In West Norfolk, the most 

 steady and regular plan of management had then, and for 



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