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Farming of Kent. 
£. s. d. 
" Trenching 2 spits deep . . . . .600 
1200 chesnut plants 4 4 0 
12,000 larch plants 5 0 0 
Labour of planting . . . . .2100 
Some plants are generally destroyed by drought, or 
hares and rabbits : replacing them, say for the 
first 3 years . . , . ' . .200 
Hoeing and cultivation for 3 years . . .300 
" To these items must be added rent, taxes, and interest on capital, 
which in 10 years will bring the expenses up to at least 50/. per acre, 
and in some instances to considerably more. The produce, however, 
generally well repays this outlay. 
" On stiff clay soils suitable for tlie growth of ash, it is not advisable 
to plant larch. The ground should be trenched, and, after being 
planted, should be kept perfectly clean by digging, horse-hoeing, &c., 
until it can be covered with hop-bines, which promote the growth of 
the plants in an extraordinary degree. It is fovmd to be very lieneficial 
to lightly dig old plantations the same winter the wood is felled ; by 
that means the grass and weeds which would otherwise spring up are 
checked, until the young shoots overspread the ground and smother the 
weeds." 
The breeds of cattle in the Weald are various, but the "Sussex" 
predominate; a considerable number of which are annually reared. 
Tiiis breed is of a red colour, frequently a dark red, of a hardy 
constitution, and when well kept arrives at a large size. Sufficient 
pains and attention have not been generally bestowed on the 
breeding of this variety of stock; where that has been done, very 
superior animals have been reared; and with moderate keeping 
and feeding they have evinced a tendency to early growth and 
maturity, together with an improved symmetry of form. Mr. S. 
Selmcs, of Beckley, Sussex, stands highly distinguished for his 
superior stock, having devoted an untiring attention to that object 
through a long life. Mr. R. Turley, of Rolvenden, in this county, 
may also be instanced as a successful improver of this breed. 
They are excellent workers, and are still employed in many places 
for that purpose in the Wealds of Kent and Sussex. Steers ar,e 
generally fatted at .3 years old with oil-cake, turnips, and hay, 
either put into small yards, or tied up in pens or sheds ; when well 
fed they will weigh from 95 to 120 stone. The chief recom- 
mendation of the Sussex breed is that they possess a hardy con- 
stitution, arc good workers, and when well fed are much liked by 
the butcher, aflbrding a large quantity of fat and excellent meat. 
As to early maturity and other important points, they are decidedly 
inferior to the improved modern breeds; a fact sufficiently indi- 
cated by their having been confined so many years within a very 
narrow district. So valuable is fatting yard manure that hop- 
