84% On Drill Husbandry, Hoeing,&c:[Feb,

nip-crops is performed by women and children. Men seldom or never perform that operation, and more regular and per- ſect hoeing is not to be found in any part of the world; in- deed it is imposzible to exceed it... Were it not for the ex- pedition promoted by drilling with broad zntervals, and tbe facility with which our women and boys and girls, can hoe the turnips under that management, the rate of population in tbis part of the country, would not enable us perfectly to hoe one half of our turnip crops, which we justly consider as' the Sheet anchor of our husbandry.

In hoeing, the women place ope foot on each Side of a ridge or arill, and apply the hoe to that adjoining it, mov- ing that implement directly across the rows, or at right angles tothe drill, by which all the Plants and weeds on about 10 inches of the ground, are removed by one cut, and, together with a good deal:of earth, placed in the intervals, wbich, after the first hand hoeing, are pretty much filled up, and the Surface of the land then appears nearly even.=-Pro- ceeding in this manner It 1s Surprising, 19 a stravffer, to observe rbe quantities of ground hoed in the course of a day by 50me of our boys and girls, when the operation is performed(as it always ought to be) e're the plants attain tov great a Size. In most parts of this kingdom as well as in Norfolk, farm- ing will: this year be unprolitable, if not a losing concern. In this distriet the turnip crops are, happily, much greater than in most'other, and those of wheat are also productive and unnsually fine in quality, but unfortunately the prices of those articles have fallen considerably, and are now only 4s 9d to 53 6d per Winchester busbell, with an exceeding dull Sale. oats Sell readily at 25 3d to 2s 8d per bushell, but barley, though fine, is almost unsaleable; 1 believe nearly one halt of.our crops vf that Species of grain have been broken in the mills, and mixed with the small oats, for horses;,&c. and, without adverting to the Superiour weight of meal from an equal. quantity of barley, it is cheaper than feeding with oats, which have, during the whole of this Season, been at a higher Price per quarter than the former kind of corn. Notwith- Standing the moderate price of wheat and tbe very low price of barley, that of labour continues extremely bigh; which, together with the effects of our poor laws, are very unfavour- able to the industry and frugality of the laborious elass. These times, therefore, s0 very unpropitious to the cultuvators of our Sol, cut two ways, like a two edged sword, against the agri- culture and manufactures of' the kingdom. For zeveral

years our corn-markets have been very uasteady, Sometimes t90 high, and at otbers too low, and tv me it appears untea- zonable to expect them otherwise, til] Such measures be