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Farming of Cornwall. 
the advantages they have of procuring sea-weed, let on an average 
at from 28s. to 32s. per acre. The svstem of cropping generally 
pursued, is to break three years' old pasture for either potatoes, 
turnips, or rape, after which wheat, followed bv barley and grass 
seeds. The crops average about 30 bushels of wheat, and from 
36 to 45 bushels of barley ; cattle average about 15, and from 30 
to 35 breeding ewes, fattening and selling about the same number 
of sheep, on 1 00 acres. 
27. Extending our survey further inland we find an exceed- 
ingly Avell cultivated district, embracing the parishes of Creed, 
Probus, Merther, Lamorran, Cuby, Cornelly, St. Michael Pen- 
kivell, and a portion of Ladotk and St. Erme. The soil is of a 
light loamy character, resting on grey, brown, and variegated are- 
naceous slates. The farms vary from 50 to 350 acres ; the rental 
from 15s. to 30s. per acre. The system of cropping formerly 
pursued was to break three years' old pasture for wheat, followed 
by barley, or oats and seeds, with 4 or 5 acres of turnips taken 
previous to the wheat ; but a better system is getting very generally 
adopted, viz., wheat, turnips, barley, seeds, with a very lair pro- 
portion of rape grown previous to the wheat, as a preparation for 
that crop (44). The cattle average from 15 to 30; of which 
6 or 8 are fattened and sold ; from 25 to 35 breeding ewes — the 
produce of which are fattened and sold — besides others purchased 
at the fairs, on 100 acres. The corn crops average from 24 to 36 
bushels of wheat, and from 30 to 45 bushels of barley per acre. 
Although the soils in many parts of the south coast are not so 
good as those on the northern parts of the county, yet from a 
better svstem of farming generally adopted, and from the mildness 
of the climate, a greater produce is frequently obtained. Tiie 
expenses incurred by the northern farmers in manures are exceed- 
ingly small ; the principal expense being the carriage of sand, 
whilst many on the south pay nearly one-half of the amount of 
the rental \n lime, bone, and guano. 
28. Still continuing the coast-line, we include in our survey 
all that tract of country situate between Penryn, Falmouth, and 
Helford. The sod is of a light loamy character, resting on grey 
and brown argillaceous slates, and lets on the average at 30,v, 
per acre. In some places the slates are intermixed with trappean 
rocks of greenstone and hornblende. The soil in these localities 
is exceedingly good, letting at 70s. per acre, and is occupied by 
dairymen chieflv. On the same character of soil contiguous to 
Falmouth the rental varies from 4/. to G/. per acre. The system 
of cropping generally pursued is, to break three years' pasture 
for a green crop — potatoes and turnips — followed by wheat — 
barley, and seeds. The exception to this rule is — wheat or oats, 
turnips, barley, and seeds. Where the greenstones prevail, the 
