37* GRASS. 



nuring. Mr. Salter has pradllsed the tare husbandry 

 on meadows for lO years, but his first beginning was 17 

 years ago, at Elhngham : the cockchafer-grubs had de- 

 stroyed a part of a meadow; he harrowed in tares and seeds, 

 and the success was great. 



Tare-seed running short, he this year sowed pease and 

 oats mixed on some spots, and they do well ; and this hus- 

 bandry he pursues, whether he intends mowing or pastur- 

 ing. 



I will venture to add, that if making known this single 

 discovery had been the whole result of examining the 

 county, the Board would not have failed in the obje(5l of 

 ordering the distridl to be reported. 



Mr. Be van's arable sand, at Riddles worth, joining to 

 his low boggy meadows, gave him the power of earring 

 sand down hill at an easy expense ; and thus he improved 

 some parts of those meadows to great efFeft : from 100 to 

 150 loads an acre were spread at the expense of 4I. or 5I. 



A team of five horses, 30 loads a day, and 



wear and tear _ . _ 



Driver > _ _ - 



Filling, at 2d. - - - 



1802. It has answered very greatly : these meads were 

 then not capable of irrigation, but one meadow has since 

 been watered, and the water has taken much greater efFedt 

 on account of the sanding, than if that operation had not 

 been performed. The sand has all been laid ou the most 

 boggy meadows. 



There is a great range of meadow and marsh all the 

 way from Norwich to Yarmouth. Those at Thorpe are 

 very good, and let at 50s. an acre ; but at Whitlingham 



they 



