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neighbourhood of Caistor, in Lincolnshire, around which those 
splendid Lincoln hogs are grown which congregate at the 
Palmsun Fairs in such numbers. 
To a stranger, the extremely thin soil, only in some cases a 
few inches above the solid chalk, would appear of no value if 
seen when being ploughed in winter for roots as deeply as 
possible, and then only four inches, and that four inches com- 
posed pf small pieces of chalk. Instead of that, turnips can be 
