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field culture could excel it in value of produce, which 
would almost rival that of a kitchen garden ; but to 
support this, and ensure full crops, there must be a 
combination of two at least of the three following cir¬ 
cumstances:— 1st, good land ; 2dly, good management; 
3dly, plenty of manure. 
DRILLING. 
The drill husbandry is well known and fairly 
introduced, but is mostly practised on the hills and 
lighter soils, and chiefly for barley ; it also answers 
well for pease, and I observed vetches laid in with the 
drill: beans are preferred to be set by hand. Some 
little wheat is drilled, but generally sown broadcast in 
the vale. There are two makers of good drill ma¬ 
chines in Evesham.—See Implements. 
Respecting the common field husbandry, I must beg 
leave to observe, that it is, in my opinion, the least 
improved, and in general the worst managed, of any 
part of British agriculture ; naturally calculated, and 
particularly upon soils of a good staple, to raise large 
quantities of grain. The fallows are generally neglect¬ 
ed, the weeds suffered to flourish and disperse their 
seeds, the drainage omitted, the roads left scarcely 
passable, and the general economy and arrangement 
conducted in a neglectful and slovenly manner. These 
evils might certainly be easily remedied by the in¬ 
fluence of leading persons, but it seems as though each 
one neglected his share of the business, under the idea 
that if the field should be enclosed he would have a 
different plot of land; whereas, if each one improved 
and 
