GRAZING. 



fervcd, the ruin of feeds Some, however, think tliat 

 paihinng new laid ground is moll excellent management ; 

 tiie tev^ral grades, hy being frequently cropped, become 

 not only firmer in nature, but niich more numerous. Stock, 

 when pafturing new 1 mds, ought to be often clianged ; if 

 ever you over-eat, they will require fomc time to lecover 

 their ulual vigour. New laid-i^rounds fonvtiiiies give fliecp 

 the rot, particularly three or four years laid, on indifferent 

 foil." 



And the priclic of fnifting the ftock from one pafturc 

 to anotlier, of mixing diif.\-ei)t kinds of lloek togetlier in 

 a due proportion in the fame pafture, and under itocking 

 with (heep, palhire? d-llhied fur feeding larger cattle, Ihould 

 always be particularly attended to. 



It is Hated in the Survey of Lincohilhire, that " the rich 

 grazing lands are the glory of that county, and demand 

 a fingular attention. Tlu- foil is a rich loamy clay, fome 

 very llifi, but of uncommon fertility, as may be feen by 

 various inftances. Some of the grazing lands in Long 

 Sutton that were common, will carry five or fix iliecp an 

 acre, and four bullocks to ten acres. Mr. Scrope has 

 tliere four acres, which carry .^J iheep in fnmmer, and mult 

 h\^ liolhed oitcn to keep it down. And on the grafs-lands in 

 Deeping Fen, improved by paring and burning, Mr. Graves 

 keeps five ilieep an acre from Lady-day to Michaelmas, and 

 one and a half in winter, and a bullock of •60 Hone to two 

 acres befides in fummer." 



And from fome trials which were made by T. Fydcll, 

 efq. in the grazing of neat cattle on the beil lort of ground 

 in Lincohilhire, and vvliich are given below, Mr. Young is 

 led to conclude, that 3/. an acre is the highell rent he has 

 heard of in that county, and much higher than common, 

 even for t!ie bell lands. Tliis feems to confirm- the idea he 

 has entertained, that the rich grazing lands of this dillrict 

 are lower rented than fuch or nearly fuch lands in other 

 parts of the kingdom. And further, that " tlie average 

 weight of the bealls was 70 ilone, being of the York or 

 Lincoln breed ; the (heep all Lincolns. The former bought 

 in April or May, and all gone by the I ith of December ; 

 the iheep are bought in May ; they are clipped twice, and 

 fold fat in April or in May following ; that there is little 

 difference in feafons, except that, after a bad winter, the 

 fheep are not ready for market fo foon by a menth as they 

 are after good winters. The lofs in weight in driving to 

 Smithfield is very little; the expence, beails ijj. ^J. flieep 

 IX. 9'(/. each. Mr. Fydell held for feveral years a piece 

 of land in Skirbeck pariih, which mcafured 21 acres, and 

 kept, communtbus annis, from Lady-day to Michaelmas, 19 

 heavy bealls, and a 100 (heep, and wintered fifty (heep. 

 Aind he now holds a palture adjoining his garden, at Bollon, 

 of eight acres, which keeps in fummer ten oxen and forty 

 (lieep, and winters thirty (heep. But the finell grazing 

 bdds are at Bollon, Alderchiirch, Fofdyke, Sutherton, 

 Kirton, Frampton, Wibberton, and Skirbeck : thefe will 

 r".rry, in fummer, a bullock to an acre and a half, befides 

 lour (heep an acre ; and two fheep an acre in the winter 

 ;"eafon." 



It is ftatedthat " the Rev. Mr. Berridge,of Alderchurch, 

 1. as near his houfe forty acres of the rich grafs, upon wliich 

 tje flock is- upon an average 300 fheep, fixteen fattening 

 :ilocks, three cows, four horfes, and carries through the 

 . inter three iheep an acre. This land is valued at 40J-. an 

 ;.ere. It is a vail flock. He favoured him with thefe par- 

 ticulars in th.e prefence of a dozen neighbours, and called in 

 his manager to confirm it ; it wanted, therefore, no after- 

 correctious." Aad " iu the grazing lands at Swinoihead, a 



beafl an acre of 40 to 70 flone, and two or three fheep ; alfff 

 two (heep an acre in winter. ^Ir. Tjndal, at Ewerby, whick 

 is on high-land, compared with Holi ,nd F?n, ilocks a bul- 

 lock to two and a hail acres, anii three flicep per acre in 

 fummer, and two llieep an acre in >viriter. And In the lord- 

 fiilps of Horhling, B:lIingborough, Bcrthorp, Sempring- 

 ham, I'ointon, Dmvfhy, Dunfby, and Hackonby, tliere are 

 cxtenfive tracts ot rich grazing land applied to fattening 

 bullocks and (heep, carr j-ing a bullock to two acres, and three 

 fheep per acre i.. fummer ; and two (heep an acre in winter, 

 wliitli lands are gner^lly rented at 30/. p:r acre. Mr. 

 F.lkington, of Howel, keeps one bullock and nine fheep to 

 three acres, and in the winter two (heep an acre." But 

 " Hanworth, north of Lincom, is chiefly grafs which is fed 

 by cows, calves, and youiig cattle. On the Lawn at Norton 

 Place, which is heath-land, two couples per acre in fummer ; 

 but tlie foil Mot adapted to permanent gfafs without great 

 exertion '' Ar.d "there is a tradt of pafturc-land, which 

 is of confiderable extent north and fouth, but very nairokV 

 eail and well, which lies in the vale between the heath ai:d 

 the Wolds. He viewed it from Norton Phicc in going to 

 Owerlby, which is in it ; tlie quahty is good, but of the- 

 fecond rate." And further, that " the grafs-land clofe to 

 Gainfborough lets at 4/. and 5/ an acre. The marlh grafa 

 on t!ie Trent and Knailh, &c. 20s. to 30*. and produces 

 one and a half or two tons of hay an acre. The niarflies on 

 the river are (locked from the 12th of April to the 1 2th of 

 May ; this of late has, however, been omitted, as they 

 found the grafi hurt by it. Clear the hay by Lammas, one 

 to one and a half ton an acre. Then turn in mi!cli-c6\<i5, 

 and afterwards other (lock, till November. Rent zos. but- 

 meafiire fhort. And at Garthorpe, in marfh-lands, foist 

 rich grazing lands, which will carry a good bullock an acre, 

 but no Iheep fed. This land is now let to break up a: 

 3/. 15X. an acre for 14 years." But that " Mr. Keffclden, 

 at Barton, has four acres near the town ; levelled and ma* 

 nured it after the allotment, and this year it feeds four 

 cows: three of them joilled at 31. a week, a produce of li 

 guineas. At Tinmingham and Stallenhorough, there are 

 fome marfh-lands that will carry nine bullocks of 80 ftone 

 upon 12 acres, and 12 fheep, and two fheep per acre in 

 winter ; fome has only one. But the fame lordlhips hjvT, 

 it is remarked, clay pallures that will not do any thing Kke 

 this. And, at Thornton college, Mr. Uppleby has a few 

 clofes of extraordinary fine grazing-Iand, which will carry 

 the larged bullocks, and it is worth, he thinks, 50/. an acre 

 rent. 



" The raarfli on tlie coaft of Grainthorpe, Salt fleet by, 

 and Theddlethorpc, &c. is very good : it will keep three 

 flieep an acre, and an ox to three acres ; and one iheep and 

 an half to an acre in winter. The hilly wold good pallures 

 on marl and chalk at Gayton, near Louth, will carry three 

 ewes and three lambs per acre, and a fprinkliug of young 

 cattle, &c. befides ; fome only two ewes and lambs, befides 

 cattle, fuch land as is worth 1 5/. to 2Cs. an acre. In the ■ 

 marlhes that are in the vicinity of Saltflect and Suttoa, 

 there is fome dillinclion, which it will be proper to note by 

 parilhes. In Northcots, the ((uahly rather inferior, being 

 chiefly for breeding. Mars Chapel, better, but Hill weak ; 

 and for breeding alfo. In Grainthorpe, a great deal very 

 good grazing laiul. Coni.'holm, low, lwam;:v, and but 

 little good. Skidbrook, a great deal, and \-er)- good. South 

 Somcrcois, the fame ; but loco acres of ingi, or common 

 meadow. The three Saltfleetby's 5000 acres, and a great 

 deal very (Inuig and good for feeding heads. Some of tlie 

 bte Mr. Cliapliu's marlhes h^ve luid fa high as 77/. the 



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