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man, of Fairlight, near Hastings, weighed 152 lbs. dead weight. 
Mr. Smart, of Rainham, had three wethers twenty months old fatted 
on grass and turnips only, that gained the prize at the Canterbury 
Show in 1831, whose average weight was 20 stone 6 J lbs. each. 
JNIr. Oakley, of Darlands, had a twenty months' wether thoroughly 
fatted that weighed 24^ stone. Mr. FuUager is Mr. Goord's 
successor, and is in the practice of letting annually a large num- 
ber of rams. His flock will average 5^ lbs. a fleece. 
It is difficult to state the modes of cropping in this district, as 
they very much differ according to soil and other circumstances. 
The following is extensively practised, but with many partial 
variations : — 1. Fallow for turnips, mangold-wurzel, &c., manured 
with dung, bone-dust, or fish; 2. Barley or oats; 3. Beans or 
peas; 4. Wheat ; 5. Clover ; 6. Wheat ; turnips and other root crops 
are almost universally drilled and horse-hoed : Matson"s and 
Skirving's swede, and the white and red rounds, are the principal 
sorts. The white carrot has been partially tried and approved. 
Tares are not much cultivated, but would be found beneficial on 
the heavier soils. Trifolium has been partially introduced, and is 
much liked as food for sheep. Large quantities of swedes, man- 
gold-wurzel, and potatoes are sent to the London market from 
those parts of this district that are contiguous to water-carriage, 
and manure is received in return. Much Iruit is also grown, there 
being extensive orchards of apples, pears, and cherries, to which 
the soil and climate are very congenial. 
]\Iany varieties of wheat have of late been introduced ; the pre- 
vailing are the golden drop, " Seer," " Britannia," and " Hoary 
White." On the light calcareous lands an excellent barley is 
cultivated, and is highly productive. Beans are chiefly the Ma- 
zagan and small tick. The blue pea is the most prevalent. Of 
oats the black tartar for horses is highly productive. The average 
of wheat may be stated at 4 quarters ; barley, 6 quarters; oats, 
8 quarters ; beans and peas, 4 quarters ; swedes, 18 tons ; mangold, 
20 tons per acre. On some of the richer soils near Faversham 
and other parts of the district the produce generally is considerably 
higher. But few hops are cultivated, and but little sainfoin or 
canary. Threshing is performed principally by the flail. Mea- 
dows are usually fed by sheep till May; an average crop of hay 
may be called a ton per acre. As in other parts of East Kent, but 
few cattle are bred. Short-horns as yet have not found their waj^ 
here in any quantity. Alderneys are commonly kept for the 
dairy. Of swine there is a great variety ; but a breed dcnomincited 
" Maylams," after the name of its introducer, more generally 
prevails. They are black, of a hardy nature, grow fast, with a 
good tendency to fatten. 
Chalk is pretty extensively employed both on light and heavy 
