236 APPENDIX.

<< at least, after the barley has been sown, and when it has ‘« attained the height of four inches, then is the time to hoe “« the ground; and if the drills are at the interval of seven ‘<inches, the hoe should be four inches in breadth: this ‘operation answers many valuable purposes, it de estroys the “‘ young crop of weeds, and in case(which frequently hap- “< pens in our wet climate) a hard crust be formed on the €¢ surface by immoderate rain, it pulverizes the soil, and at ** the same time covers the grass seeds instead of harrowing;

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“a farther advantage of vast importance accrues from this practice, the clover or grass-seeds being sown so late, their ** growth at the time the barley is mown will be so dimjnu- << tive as not to retard the carrying of the barley; whereas in “< the common method, the clover is often so luxuriant at the ** time of harvest, and being withal a ver: y succulent plant, *“ it often retards the getting of the barley till such time as “€ it receives considerable da nage, Or sometimes is entirely “* spoiled; but as hoeing is attended with no small ex pence, ‘and hands are not alae to be oe cured to perform the *¢ operation in due season, I this year(1795), instead of hoe- ‘ing, harrowed in the grass-seeds with a pair of light har-

** rows, drawn by a single horse, which answered all the end €

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of hoeing, without disturbing the rows, or injuring the

“ barley.”—Rev. Sam. Dickenson.

I have received some ingenious observations from Mr. Towns, a gentleman of the medical profession, at Breewood, Staffordshire; some extracts from which I herewith send as follows:-—

DIET AND ECONOMY OF THE POOR.

“< T have travelled through most parts of our kingdom, “and find the lower classes of people vary much in their in the North of England their chief “ diet is bread and milk, perhaps five days in the week, or

“manner of living: