2850 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

with a mattock chop thè furrows abroad, and bring part of

¡the earth againſt the comb; the ſeed is then ſown and har-

rowed with two horſes abreaſt, each horſe going on the comb; they then(with a plough called 2 combing plough) divide it; the plough being conſtrued to throw one half of it as a furrow to the right, and the other to the left; the labourers then go over the ridges a ſecond time with their mattocks, and firike thoſe furrows towards the middle of the ridges, which efe@ually covers what grain the har- rows may have left uncovered, and leaves the ridges in the ſhape of a neat aſparagus bed.

This method is very well calculated for clayey and wet lands, where it would be dangerous for the cattle to trample on the ground.

An acre 2 day is the uſual quantity ploughed.

On light loam, the following ratation 1s praéttiſed.

I Wheat dee ad Barley 4h Winter Vetches, which produce a good feed by the latter end of March or beginning of April, and are fed a ſecond time at the latter end of May; the land is then ploughed once, and ſown with turnips, which are hoed and conſumed before Chriſtmas; and 5th. Wheat again.

A better ſyſtem 1s adopted by ſome, viz. ſubſtituting bar- ley as the fifth crop, on which clover is ſown. The clover is well manured the enſuing winter, ſpring-fed, and cut in the autumn for feed, after which wheat 1s ſown on one ploughing as the ſeventh crop,

In the pariſh of Biſhop?s-Lidiard they frequently plough their wheat-ſtubble ſoon after harveſt, give it a good dreſſing of rotten-dung

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and let it lie in ridges during the winter. In the months of February and March they ſow carrots, which are fit to be dug up the lâtter end of July; they then ſo