Practical Agriculture. 
Upon the heavy lands of the London clay, fallow for wheat is 
13 foundation of the course of cropping; bare fallow having 
len to some extent amended by growing tares to be cut for 
Irses and cattle, though but a small proportion of the fallow 
i occupied by swedes or mangolds. On the more friable soils, 
nd-loams and gravels, a five-course rotation, namely, turnips, 
Irley, clover or seeds, wheat and then barley, is general ; chalk 
j applied to the fallows or the turnip-fields up to 10 tons or 
)re per acre, and large quantities of artificial manures are 
. plied for green and root crops. 
The Chalk and Greensand district, including a large extent 
i, unbroken Down, with lofty ridges covered by fine sheep- 
jsturage, is distinguished for its Southdown sheep-farming, its 
jtensive growth of sainfoin — partly for grazing, partly for hay 
1- the London market, — and for the hop-grounds of Farnham. 
' le wheat grown, notably the white Chiddam and Talavera 
'rieties, are celebrated for their high quality. Lime is a 
jmure of extensive application on farms lying within con- 
mient distance of the chalk ; and there is a general use of 
s^per-phosphate, nitrate of soda, nitro-phosphate, and other 
Hinufactured manures. 
On the Weald, with its farms of small or very moderate size 
;d its small inclosures (the land being sacrificed to oak-timber), 
1; old course of bare fallow, wheat, seeds, oats, nas been im- 
]oved by the effect of drainage and the consequent extension of 
^ growth not only of tares, but of mangolds, cabbages, turnips 
;d swedes; the green and root-crops being very commonly 
■rried to sheep in yards. 
Sussex is distinguished mainly for the Weald clays and sands. Soils and crops 
■ th an extensive area of hop-grounds in the north and east of °^ Sussex. 
' county, and for the Chalk Downs in the south and west, 
th belts of the good Greensand soils and the loams and heavy 
. ids of the London and plastic clays. On the small or medium- 
: :ed occupations of the Weald, with their small inclosures and 
■ errunning hedgerows and timber, the stiff wet clays, only 
rtially under-drained, are cultivated on a system of summer- 
: lowing, with dunging and sometimes liming, for wheat, 
^.lowed by three or four corn crops, with intervening seeds or 
'•es, and a small proportion of mangolds, turnips, or cabbage, 
v-teams are still used in the county, though to a less extent 
lin formerly. On the Downs, the rotations vary according to 
wl, from the four-course to a five-course or a six-course, with 
0 years' seeds ; and oats are grown much more extensively 
in barley. Sheep are the principal stock of the Down farms, 
ing used to range the open sheep-walks by day, and to be 
ded on the arable fields at night. And great numbers of 
