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are drilled at a time by one horse, no hoeing used ; 
seeds are immediately sown, red clover 8lb. white ditto 
5 or 61b. per acre, with sometimes a proportion of 
trefoil, and always a peck of ray grass. The seeds 
mown this year were in a stack, July 6, 1807, and were 
a good crop ; barley ground is always rolled when the 
seeds are sown. 
Folding for barley , upon a poor weak sand, for which 
there was no manure, and not being ready in time for 
turnips, the fallow was continued through the winter^ 
and folded with sheep, and in the spring, 1807, sown 
with barlejr and seeds; the barley not equal to what 
might have been expected, not more than 20 bushels 
per acre, much inferior to that succeeding turnips; 
consequently, folding appears to be much inferior to 
spirited manuring and turnip-husbandry. But Mr. 
Knight means to make more experiments on folding, 
on account of the dearness of manure. 
Respecting drill, and broadcast sowing of barley or 
other grain, Mr. C. thinks much more depends upon 
the land being kept in a clean and fertile state, than 
upon the manner of sowing ; but the drill and hoe sys¬ 
tem will not always keep land clean without a good 
summer or turnip fallow; nor should the drill system be 
adopted till the land is well cleaned. Drilling of bar¬ 
ley from 1 to 9 inches, has, however, found its way into 
the common fields, and into most parts of the county. 
On strong loams, in the Vale of Evesham, the barley 
is sometimes ploughed in under furrow. After a sum¬ 
mer fallow, the land may lay ploughed up during the 
winter frosts, and when it becomes sufficiently dry in 
March, it is harrowed down and the seed sown, and 
then ploughed in ; if seeds are sown, they must be co¬ 
yer ed with light harrows. 
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