Oh the Farming of Essex. 
7 
Brought down making fallow . 
Seed tilth . . . .08 
Sowing and preparing seed . 0 0 
Water-furrowing, &c. . .00 
Weeding ..... 
2i bushels of seed at 50?.perqr. 
Add two years' rent 
Rate . 
Rent-charge 
Harvesting with beer 
Thrashing 4 quarters at 3s 
Marketing and carriage 
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d. 
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9 
4 
0 
8 
9 
0 
1 
0 
0 
15 
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£2 
14 
Si 
1 
16 
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8 
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. 0 
10 
. 0 
12 
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. 0 
12 
0 
. 0 
6 
0 
4 4 0 
£6 18 8|^ 
Brought down . . . 6 18 8^ 
Incidental fencing, windrows, &c. 0 5 0 
Draining 3/. per acre for 14 years) q 6 0 
10 per cent. . . . f 
Interest of capital, 2 years . 0 12 0 
£8 1 Sh 
Produce of 4 quarters . . . 10 0 0 
Leaving IZ. 18s. 4d. for implements, wear and tear, assessed and 
property tax, and for 2 years profit. 
It is usual after the fallow in the fifth year to introduce clover, 
which is sown either at the time of sowing the barley, or about 
one month afterwards, at the time of rolling the land with a light 
roller, to make the surface smooth for the better enabling the 
mowers in the succeeding harvest to mow off the crop evenly ; the 
clover is usually fed with horses and sheep, and, from the absence 
of other pasture, frequently with cows and other neat stock. 
Upon the better descriptions of land the clover is mown for hay, 
but upon the poorer soils the crop is of the meanest description, 
the stalk of the clover becoming of a dark purple colour, or, as 
the farmers term it, "red-shanked;" and upon such lands the 
crop is almost valueless, as neither sheep nor horses will eat it 
readily, as it is supposed a bitter flavour is imparted from the soil, 
to which they have an utter aversion, and will starve in the midst 
apparently of plenty. Tares, both winter and spring, are grown 
for green food, but are considered not to improve this description 
of soil, making it so light and porous that neither wheat nor 
barley succeeds well after them. Beans are sometimes taken, and 
peas at this time, and upon the land most suitable (such as has 
sufficient depth of staple) succeed tolerably well. The estimate 
