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good turnips, in all favoured Situations, at aboutthese prices, and often, much higher, to graziers and Stock masters, who have nothing lo expectfrom the Succeeding erops of corn,&ec.

1 am surprized at the quantity of land ploughed ina day in Norfolk.--Here our horses and ploughmen are good, but we cannot upon an average exceed one acre per day with a iwo horse plough, as well constructed, or perhaps bet- ter than any in Norfolk, our men plough well, but perhaps not S0 quickly as those in that county. Ifthe Norfolk horses have themettle of the Suffolk“ punch," probably theymove alittle faster than ours; bus the great cause of our inferior quantity, must, 1 conceive, arise from the more fat and yield- 10g nature of the Norfolk Soils.

I cannot conceive how the Norfolk farmers can twice hand hoe turnips thoroughly, especially broad cast crops,'at' 65. peracre. It appears tbat they let more work by the piece, than we do In this county; and I believe the more that can be done in that way the better; for Since wages have got high, Servants have become worse. But even when we let 1

the hoeing by the acre, we are obliged to give very'consi* derably more than the Norfolk price. Agricola Norfolciensis is right with regard to the superio- rity of Lwo-horse carts; andiit is Surprieing that So enlight- ened a body ofmen as the Norfolk farmers-- men who'have almost universal practice of the Southern counties of employing four'or five large Dorses in 2 plough--Shoul id aside the 4-horse' cart.

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And if“our'ground was not too hilly, we would perforn it still cheaper by means of Single horse carts, which I think Should'be pre» ferred in all proper Situations.*

The farmers of this county have reaped great advantages from lime, which is carried from kilns at'the distance:of 12 to almost 30 miles. The prime cost, however,(about 55. to 58. bd. for two horse cart load) is considerably less than that of Norfolk lime. We apply from 2 t0'6:of'these loads to an acre of ground, the general quantity is 3 to 4 10ads, or 72to0 96 bushels. More would be used if the lime-kilns were not at s0 great a distance. In this district lime is applied to all kinds of land, and for:almostall Sorts of crops. It is but Seldom used, however, but for lands in fallow; or

* In Northumberland and. Lothian, where:the grounds not“too billy, wuck A F 3.?>: ei our dung is carried over tbe lands by only oue horse In our Gomo carts