352 
Agriculture of Norfolk. 
SHEEP. 
Norfolk. • . . • . 
3 
065 
Kent 
535 
Essex • • . • t 
2 
711 
1 
210 
Sussex .... 
210 
280 
Lincolnshire . . . • 
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Leicestershire . . . 
540 
Cambridgeshire ... 
. 1 
570 
Herefordshire 
100 
330 
Hertfordshire 
'. 2 
110 
20 
Northamptonshire 
490 
,450 
Bedfordshire . » . . 
670 
485 
Gloucestershire . 
380 
Suflblk 
930 
Total . 
. 20 
,219 
Mr. Shank's Account of the Number of Beasts and Sheep in Smithfield- Market on 
Monday, February 26, 1844, from Norfolk. 
Beasts. 
Home-bred Beasts, called Norfolks 141 
Durham, &c., called by some Lincolnshire, many of them being bredin that county 633 
Scots 238 
Devons 9 
Total Number at Market from Norfolk . . . 1,021 
N.B. About 2,300 Beasts at Market altogether. 
Sheep. 
Tliorough-bred Norfolk Horned Sheep . . . . 10 
Black-faced Sheep, called Norfolk Downs, being a cross of the two . . . 320 
Half-bred Sheep, between Downs and Leicesters 3,302 
Total Number at Market from Norfolk . . . 3,632 
N.B. There were about 21,000 Sheep altogether at Market. 
APPENDIX. 
Experiments as to the best distance of the Rmvs in Drilling Wheat, 
by Mr. Blyth, of Sussex Farm, Burnham. 
1839. Seed per acre 10^ pecks; drills 7 inches; produced nearly 
2 bushels per acre more than 9-inch drills. 
St. lbs. St. lbs. 
1842. 9 in. — 18 rods produced 28 6 corn and straw — 14 2 corn. 
7 in.— „ „ 32 4 „ 16 0 „ 
About 3\ bushels of wheat per acre in favour of T inches. 
St. lbs. St. lbs. 
1843. 9 in. — 6 rods produced 11 sheaves = 13 4 — corn 6 1 
7 in.— „ „ 20 „ =14 6 ,.6 8 
4iin. „ „ 18 „ =14 2 „ 6 6 
4i exceeded 9 by 8 pecks nearly )■ •, 
-■^ n il o • . > besides straw. 
7 „ 9 ii „ 3 pints J 
