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Report on the Farming of the 
freightage of corn conveyed along their canal ; which canal, until 
very recently, was the only outlet for the exportation of the sur- 
plus produce of a very extensive agricultural circle, of which the 
market-town of Driffield is the centre. The returns are as 
follows : — 
Qrs. Sacks of Flour. 
[1819, Wheat exported to Hull, Wakefield, 
In \ &c. &c. (fee. . . . . . 8,000 and 8,000 
( 1838, Wheat do. do. . . 15,000 and 32,000 
j 1819, Oats do. do. . , 15,000 
1 1838, Do. do. do. . . 5,200 
(1819, Barley do. do. . . 5,000 
tl838, Do. do. do. . . 20,000 
Later returns show that while the export of wheat has gone on 
steadily increasing, that of barley has diminished, and been re- 
placed in some measure by oats, e. g. ;— 
Qrs. Sacks of Flour. 
. (1844, Wheat exported by canal . . 26,000 and 19,700 
11846, Do. do. do. . . 20,000 and 23,000 
1 1844, Oats do. do. . . 13,000 
(1846, Do. do. do. . . 10,000 
[1844, Barley do. do. . . 9,000 
[1846, Do. do. do. . . 8,000 
The mode of preparing the land for the turnip-crop does not 
differ from the practice of other turnip-land districts, and there- 
fore does not require any notice further than that, as soon as 
other husbandry operations permit, the plough is everywhere at 
work in this district in the autumn, turning in the wheat-stubbles, 
and thus preparing for a reception of the winter's frost. 
It has not been the rule hitherto to plough the stubbles deeper 
than 4 inches, even on the deep soils. 
The ploughs ordinarily in use are the two-horse swing-ploughs. 
Within the last eight years, indeed ever since the first publication 
of experiments on this subject in the Journal of the Royal 
Agricultural Society of England, ploughs with two wheels (such as 
Ransome's N. li., &c.) have been gradually introduced in some 
parts of the Wolds, especially in the neighbourhood of Driffield ; 
so much so that, in a circuit of six or seven miles to the N. 
and W. of that town, they may be said to have superseded the 
use of the swing-plough. It is found that with quick-stepping 
horses in good- condition it is as easy to do an acre and a half a 
day with the wheels as an acre with the swing-plough. 
The subsequent culture of the turnip-crop, as it was derived 
from, so is it carried on according to, the Northumberland system. 
Mr. Strickland says, " It is but of late years that the true system 
