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good fanning ; though I believe a small proportion may 
be grown after pulse, or sometimes upon one ploughing 
of a clean turf. 
When barle}^ succeeds turnips, they should be, and 
generally are, eaten off in time to admit of two plough- 
ings, the first immediately succeeding finishing the tur¬ 
nips, and the second immediately preceding the sow¬ 
ing of the barley, with proper harrowing between ; 
when this is the case, and the land in good heart, and 
well drained, it can scarcely fail being a good crop. 
In enclosed land, clover and grass seeds are com¬ 
monly sown with, or soon after, the barley. The sorts 
cultivated are generally the long ear, or sometimes the 
spratt barley (Hordeum Zeocrithon), but I neither saw 
nor heard of the other varieties. 
Drilling in of barley is practised both in' open fields 
and enclosures, and the practice I understand to be 
increasing ; very good machines for that purpose are 
got up in the county, as well as imported from else¬ 
where; seeds are sown afterwards, and harrowed in 
with light harrows, without disturbing the barley, 
though in some cases I could perceive a tendency to 
the grass seeds being in rows, which I believe is no in¬ 
convenience. Mr. Knight drills his barley at about 
9 or 10 inches, 3 bushel per acre, no account made of 
saving seed by drilling; the crops succeeding turnips 
are very good, 30 to 40 bushel per acre, which is a 
great produce for this light and sandy soil; but the 
turnip fallows were manured for, and managed with, 
great spirit, and the season has been favourable, with 
plenty of rain at proper times, as well as sunshine. 
Mr. Knight observed to me, that he does not think he. 
gains in produce by drilling ; but believes he should do 
as Avell by good broadcast sowing. Three rows only 
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