[336] i.e. Meadows.
[337] Ibid. p. 522.
[338] Ibid. p. 610.
4. Farming in Norfolk [A. Young, The Farmer's Tour, 1771, Vol. II, Letter XIV, pp. 150, 156, 161], 1771.
As I shall presently leave Norfolk it will not be improper to give a slight review of the husbandry which has rendered the name of this county so famous in the farming world. Pointing out the practices which have succeeded so nobly here, may perhaps be of some use to other countries possessed of the same advantages, but unknowing in the art to use them.
From forty to fifty years ago, all the northern and western, and a part of the eastern tracts of the county, were sheep walks, let so low as from 6d. to 1s. 6d. and 2s. an acre. Much of it was in this condition only thirty years ago. The great improvements have been made by means of the following circumstances.
First. By inclosing without the assistance of parliament.
Second. By a spirited use of marl and clay.
Third. By the introduction of an excellent course of crops.
Fourth. By the culture of turnips well hand-hoed.