THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



p fall of i 



carefully o 



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happened to be several holes dug about the field 2 feet 



over the neigh] wisely the same 



y were a perfect quagmire, 



many places my foot sank 12 inches deep ; iu fact I 



I lost at least 100/. in the last two years, I 

 failure of the crop, in const qi 



first to last, averaged about 8/. per 

 arse, had I to do this field again, it 



the same cost per acre. Tin 



four years the yearly benefit 



4. Was a Larch plantation adjoining th< 



pieces, of four acres in extent. Its position * 



aearer the Gait. The Larches upon the great 



I had grown very badly. Up 



nf concr te 1 grave!, cem< nie 1 into a compact stone by 

 a precipitate of iron, through which neither wf ' 



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did by puttirig in drains 4 feet deep, and from 20 to 



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•ely changed ; it js com 



1 1 now worth 5/. per acre to 3 



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■ e as the other, 

 ration. It' was 



' It had the rep, 



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dral.i- 



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2-mch bore were placed at the bottom, covered wi 

 in March I816 ; Alter the draining I ploughed up t 



June was 167. per acre. The field was then v 

 dressed with guano and a mixture of decomposed bo 

 been to lay the land perfectly dry, whilst the croi 

 Swedes equalled those grown on the very best la 

 The field is now altogether altered in appearance 

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good land. Oats now— splendid crop. 

 6. This is one of my Lest Hop 



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6 feet wide. It is situated upon the firestoue re 







id 4 feet deep, in dells 

 dug, aud in some in- 



-sufficiently high. 

 r swampy bog, one 



planted with Hops. It has already more than paid i 

 Hook is the lower part of a large Hop-groun 





IS one, these were 48 feet apart 



rate t . the l r>'iii-< 1 ext nt, for the alternations 



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i ith . The land is n 



troa the former want of draiuagt 

 itirely disappeared. 



icted for a long series of years, scarcely anything 



itl value nil. From its geological position 1 knew 



t lies in a sheltered valley upon the junction of the 

 ,wer chalk v. ii tl.e li 1 ; a .1 t! e water to be got rid 



tuff and the residue of timber were cleared ; to cart 



lade with briars, kc, but even with this precaution 

 lie horses were frequently bogged and required to be 



rospect couid 'look 6 more unprou,, 



enerally laughed at for my attempts. However, I was 



Bsolred to persevere to a conclusion ; and therefore, 



-ood, I marked my drato^Tffet "part, Intersected 



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'• '•"* '■ '' iter. L'iie'v rk was ultimately com- 



jnds filled and drained, and planted with Hops 

 irly in the spring of 1845. Tl.e ground was kept as 

 j^ply moved and rough as possible during the ensuing 



■'l; '.' i- ^ - npirt. 1 .!- winter another drain 



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lj- n;ing d: u ,-. The 2r . i ,1 th ;n dried up imme- 



atehr. The results have fully answered my expecta- 



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10. Adjoining 







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were used simply becaus 





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is now dug up again 'very deeply, and is rwj» 



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„ the spot. VVhe "f/L,,»f«* 



Wheat or Turnip 



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