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E. W. Moore, Esq., his lordship's agent, for the information he 
has kindly given me. 
The chalk-pit farm of R. Benyon, Esq., of Englefield House, 
also calls for especial notice. Its extent is 546 acres, of which 
300 are arable, 200 pasture, and 46 water-meadows. The soil 
generally is a rich gravelly loam ; the hills are heavier tillage, 
being a mixture of the sand and clay of the plastic clay forma- 
tion on a chalk subsoil ; the whole is suited for the production of 
all kinds of grain. The system of cropping is a 5-course : — 1st 
year. Wheat ; 2nd year, Roots ; 3rd year, half Beans, half Roots ; 
4th year, Barley or Oats ; 5th year, Grass, one-half red clover, 
one-half hop and Dutch. This is the best modification of the 
old 4-course system I have met with in the county. Much more 
could be written in its favour than the limits of this Report will 
allow ; its greatest recommendation is that it provides for a large 
quantity of stock, and ensures the crops being put in in good 
season. The manure is carted-out on to the young grass-seeds in 
the autumn and winter, except that part which is required for the 
root-crops. 
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