TOP 



TOP 



ha, beec pm into i&e inA. 1m dae btsr <rf wfccfc cafc, 



dK fern^srs faff til? -K^lCTaeto !k fekisE «id3 tiie jteugfc. 

 So as tto ternaiat? in dK diaiB ■■slsci irsrtbeealiorDei, zdS 

 tats k 2WZT. Tlas ftoodd lie daas dsSy, zs dae &M is 

 gBoe OT-er bV dae banoar. See ScmFACE-/)raiaDBf . 



^•"TTti; if jsE H&jid Scat of diaffina^ ftr plooglied I:a& tfeat 

 aie Iiu^iiii rt ill Co be v^t. 



T<np-/)rd^n', a tenn sjgjfied to toA ferts of redjDCfd 

 asad osber meiMCK ssb m lasfl c^od dae figfare 4^ fand wids- 

 oMt teiBg tumJBB&instso k. ; scad jJfo to tie jwafiitte rf dreff- 

 ii» 1^ {isn&oe of gta&Jbud, or diat of tAer kadb of la»i 

 asid arojs. wTdii foaiae forts of l^^aij" iraSooed or powdery 

 ■laagie, «*"!» caa be craairfpitaa our or iawm «qEjlK'0%"sr 



- Im dffi cn liiiijaJH ii zod mai^Ensent irf hiodsof diae 

 kiEsSs, 3 great isjaoy of fidrfbzBoes is is tc& £v t^ pi^- 

 po^ HaEJi ^ fbolt, a&e% tfedso^ of r^afafis, psgeaoi^ zsd 

 otbcr bor&a laffle-dadt, gypOaasi, ^ob-dE^, ^d k'Rs^I 

 al&EEs; Ae mume , n&s, zad Im^u'IHiii. cf vkacii, a% loore 



pan 

 vlacli ^^ 



1^ adrzatagss vUdi tbe Bertivdihire fenwrs deiive 

 CtooB tie pral^ikie of %ra^ or top-nliigiiiji- tberlaaifc x>d 

 caops, ag MIy Seswm ia Ac ftaaBe^ts tbat faa^beea ^ves 

 » d£ laj^itmJ ftcuHJil of dae' agxacdSBfe of tbaft < ^MiBf ll : 

 is ulutjb it s £ad, T^g* ^ni^g or tBp-&^SB^ of dor 

 latm^ £jf x\?^ ^^ i Ti r ^ fesisscA of Ae f.MiM*jii*w im tbsfi ctnuty^ 

 aBud r^fiff^^ of feoEtg ^dfe^^ Bi^t-AAf sod os-cakf dsJL, or 

 jt^tuB^Moi cS-ci&e. T^ iboc b g mtaj By c&d oq the 

 wle^-cnips «Ucli heie had bo pidiosB inwiiwe. It is Izid 

 ia liffarp tR OB die uiiuub VB 'WttifT, and Iovb orcr tden n tlie 

 ^TB^. Ba£ diC osbEr tiip-dic&^ ae Iwwtil, aad kiCjit 

 £j aS nfed IB dm vzf aft die |««yg tine. See Soot. 



Itbasbeea ofafened ■■ Ibaae of tlae ezdly £&x ^ncnl- 

 iatal re|iarts, t&tt de i I ju i T m ; i li wi of iii i i r i i ii v^ob tbe iar- 

 "ft^j 4JU Huuft B gsocSdHy cafled top-^icHB^y o^gK cnesy 

 ^o q£ i^^ssafiEu bv tbc aouow^ f^T'HN"^*^^***** • 3^ ib B . 

 vbEBKT dacHH B of racb a w^bese as to tcqoRC ^Ky cn^ 



■ HMM^iinia fn MI'C" #iMwi^wjHi^i# CO flCBQST ft 11'MWV Off la£ If HMWTj 



o^£s. Off Jrrfc>BTBf ; aeoondt^g vbedscr die ntaflm^ nnipofed 

 to be ^ipBBdy B ca^aUe of opeidta^ to tbdt ^ad : *^— ']"yj 



^VfemOl^r 2BQ& BBBIKV B 1 t^l'iHW" OE aAOKVffiBMV 



"to "wsgi'luJIilfiT^ ■!■! ft St B buiwg Mt ntto caoib aad 

 C8XEfi3£t wiiLiU fni***^ jrtB.iffw ^3wcr or nisBCisiBC 

 SsSsBBe wwwa ^B tne lod * sbo* xobiubt* vraoeoKr tJBC ix3Dt 

 pRSpofed Qd be &ai b^ uacn vaanv^ dvzws its BoanftmcBt 

 priBr^iMly feonaa tiac gumuMtid, OTBOlberwaj^ 

 - It k SmS, ^at ie the j i B i mu i li i i- p of all tide calcs k is 

 lUe Muuuic Iknldaofyle ffgtaly co wa ed off I gMy 

 J* ' ndsr. Bm: tiiafc vbca tie Baasie is of fadh a 



2Sfi&S3C 2£ to "f it'll 3 biBt BHiHUf tO lofb ftiWBlfali "1 JtiMWTi : VBEB 



it is ii>j'iAlr of bni^ dii&iliwdoB tie foiEace, aad c mwqe d 

 by vn^st duauHAw to tbe nsoBx of t^ jJ^y^Tj or by oora- 

 varfim istD vapo^p to be sfadbriied by tiiear jfr**^™: <r lsa«Es, 

 and tIac tbe plaat; is eqaaiSy pnBB 39 lecerEe ks 

 ■> budi vays; 9&e «'cm»wiiy and d tuQiit o yuiJtiu B of top- 

 uR&Bgs as^ iww|<iifMiwuMJy tbe saoK Inraiy boeficaal and 

 giCBDy to be picfened- 



Tlaefe top or {^inBg-AeBmp are pacm&ariy ^ip&caiile to 

 poor ^^bt HMsy and gijuKMy IsradRj and of < ■>■ fr to tbe 

 p»u J bciif rf the ^m Mm j B y heawiei ft coca; ^^ deypat 

 jinch loudk neie oa aa eqniityx ^ po^ft of aBod vali^ 



Aad M tbe Goneded AgncnkMal Repoit: of tie ^k 

 dftdBt, its fiaftedtlat aftes as tup-Acfiags, tboagb tfey 

 iipEaaadfcnfatbeUI,dDBiKfacdaciap. Tbcyaebp- 

 pofed tOBK twntgnfs, aad to be of nch Iw til to 



zzzpf, thst trbas i rn n ii T <pBt ££r;ni, ibey are afla««d iaii 

 tiie erpfTc? of aSaiuo- or top-drei^^ flw dorers, vbidi 

 h-ss IjeeE liSd cmt, th^ the a-coaBBg tenants aretolrnrwitii 

 urinal : f ■Doe few iuB^ w y <! too aie iset with of tuaoig 1 ' 

 OTS or on vrikes^ T^ nfsal ^t»»p b tbe Tnii^dlc of i 

 if 1^ feaCoB be add or makk. iidk is deflioyed by Hoaae 

 ■nidi tbis Cnt 4^ tnp- dn-fl kig qn paA na&Jaid, who dud: 

 they do bttle good to the wheat thatt fioBovs the dovo- oo 

 -srhacb they sre fpread, u tht r wife dbao by ai^nniag the 

 tiaver. They are decidedly of-a|BBaa that it is better 

 bsibmJrf to nfe fioot ob brnky tfaaa tUs .fciod of top- 

 di 'Wis^; asthefbmerwSdoBachgoadtBtfae fbBoviag 

 chncr, whereas the teser ae'of so iDore atdky to the wheac 

 thaa byiaoeafa^ t^ <jaaiak.5 of the doner crop. The 

 hsmen IB thefe cafes iow fnim tsa to fixlEea iacks on 

 dorer. 



la other pacts of the iaaie di&ick, daie £aitfi of 

 top-diiKii;,! aie laid to be «cry beaffiraJ ; ^d that oe 

 b^^ ^read oet oa dower, dey do as aadi good to the 

 SoflnRB^ wheat, as tfaaft of a tep-drefi^of tbe fioot kaad 

 Off foolh^ w<aeld do. Os a cacapaii£w of tfaoh, as fiiwa 

 ia Novorfier aad Fefaroaryoa dovo-, OTCT exa^y tbe £^ 

 ^paoes of bad, b tfe bme qaaotities; Aak afed at the 

 iatma- period pmdacrd the beft crop by aboat a fioarth 

 patof akadof dBsfbitof hayoatleacie. Soae, bov. 

 evo', ia other pboes, do aot aaai^ appiuw. of bcht tap- 

 ~ ~ _ except oa day, to fcape a the taS, aa ^ey term 

 th^ a« Ik]ipa69d to do Etde good oa anliie chalky 



Top-dnifi^E «T«fal of the d^Ms of dificnat aket 

 aic HNual very uliAd, bat ofiai too e^BB&ve nr the pai^ 

 pofe. SoBet^thafeof ^fafaed-caifce kiad^beft 

 dtcfiii^ they laie feea fior wheat ia topjolfi^, ewcB Ip late 

 as the aoaah of May, mlh Aeep fed oa fach cadce ia 

 tfoagfas. The daft of calces of dae r^K fciad has fikewife 

 beea van capavyvd a loaae plarrs as top-dv^^^ evea 

 a^ea the « ip , m u has beta fb li^ as twety fciHaj,ii the 

 qaarter. MBs are tJualiaOid ibr g iaala f^ k at the abo»e 

 -^and, ^ad laffge oaaattKE are asported uoai liouuiu, aad 

 boo. Saaehacelnaes attached 10 tfaR^ 

 fioff ■"■ .l i M g it to daft as a anmare, the ofe of 

 is greatly appBoved of ialbaK cafes. By fiaa k has 

 bea liriBal that it aaf» c i« tbe bel: whea ^acad oa wheat. 

 The qaaatity of daa aaaate as a top-iln ffiag is of -£nam 

 twdie -t» fixlECB balalt oa the acre, ib as to add to the 

 liibafi of the hmd or fefl, aheady ia a tokrdde fiate 

 of coaditiaB. It caaaot be aade afe of feff ^ly crop 

 1m I III I thaa fer that of aheS. By faavii^ aiacaaaety sar 

 fateaili^ aod u ihn i a g k bto a ds£y iaCe, the fanaeris 

 f I'lil mi b III hIm mIii iiBI iigi m\t lainlj iJ" bvyii^ k ia at aay 

 taaeof iheycar^BakisAeBaDft leafaeahle, (ferasihe 

 tao featoBBof afiagk co^ oa, k oAea iacicafes ia price, 

 aad is 3^^ cheaper wheB they aepoft,) bat of reaiily pR- 

 k aad haae^BBg k £pBe fino^ T ailiwilie of other 

 Its ^dthat tlasfdbfiaaoe is aot aow to good 

 a fonaaly, as Ae uaaahStatas of <A ftoa the feed of 

 tape «ju— line to pnefe k twice tf pvefeat, wh e iaa they ibr- 

 aaody never pic&d k noie thaa oece; aad tha£, be£des, 

 they thea only ufed hacfes, where they now cfe wat£r, wmi. 



Ibr anaikag afe of tiefe farlB 

 ae^ia the very ealr ipnag, aad 

 when the weather is latha- 



The twn 



ia the ea-ly past of the 



Top ilirtta|,ii of Ac a^-ikA kiad, which chiefty coo- 

 fill of the mSiat ipmBsof the gim, aad pvobafa^ oootaiD 

 r, &na the powecfal aatiBe of their e^e&t 



