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Report on the Farm-Frize Competition of 1886. 
be so called, viz., Lowestoft Ness, the most easterly point in 
Great Britain. The greatest length from E. to W. is 50 miles ; 
the greatest breadth from N. to S. is 28 miles ; and the gross 
area is 947,681 acres. 
Lower Eocene rocks, chiefly London Clay, form a small tract 
in the S., to the E. and S.E. of Sudbury, another small tract 
around Saxmundham, and a narrow belt along the coast to the 
S. of Aldborough ; Upper Tertiary rocks, chiefly Crag, form a 
considerable belt on the sea-board, all to the S. of Lowestoft ; 
and Upper Chalk rocks form the rest of the area ; but the chalk 
is to a large extent covered with more recent deposits, and the 
Boulder Clay of the glacial drift forms the surface of a large 
tract of land in the centre of the county. 
There is perhaps not a county in the kingdom which con- 
tains a greater diversity of soil, or in which the various ^soils 
are more clearly discriminated. They range from the heaviest 
clay to the lightest sand ; the larger proportion in the centre 
consists of strong loams, a considerable belt of sand extends 
along the E. coast, and one of smaller extent is on the VV. side 
of the county. In the N.W. corner is some fen-land, while a 
corner on the S.E. contains a rich loam. 
The following are the returns made to the Board of Trade of 
the acreage of land under crops, for 1884 and 1885 : — 
1884. 
1885. 
Total area under cultivatii n . . 
780,013 
781,800 
Corn crops : — 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats . . 
Rye 
133,242 
143,171 
19,323 
5,62G 
118,531 
154,217 
23,306 
6,730 
Total 
301,362 
302,790 
Green crop : — 
Potatoes 
Turnips and bwcdes 
Mangolds . . 
Carrots 
Cabbage, Rape, &c. 
Vetches, &c. 
Beans and Peas 
Rotation Grasses .. 
Bare F allow 
2,463 
58,174 
33,027 
790 
2,078 
21,070 
04,40!) 
.S5,0o2 
30,364 
2,290 
56,625 
35,777 
1,034 
3,541 
25,441 
07,141 
87,119 
28,151 
Total 
304,043 
307,125 
Permanent Grass 
173, Oct 
171,727 
