Mr.  Walker,  a  considerable  farmer  at  Harpley^
in  Norfolk,  invented  and  executed  on  a  large  scale^
one  of  the  most  singular  practices  that  I  have  met
with — that  of  hoeing  in  wheat-seed  at  the  second
hoeing  of  his  turnips  on  sand  land.  The  wheat
got  up  well,  and  was  not  damaged  by  the  sheep
feeding  the  turnips,  but,  on  the  contrary,  if  fed  in
a  dry  season,  and  not  too  late,  improved  :  by  this
method  he  got  crops  of  three-quarters  an  acre,
without  the  expence  of  a  shilling  in  tillage.  I  viewed
some  of  them  with  much  pleasure.  A  singqlar  idea,
that  may  be  applicable  with  great  profit  on  certain
soils  and  in  certain  cases.  He  practised  it  so  ex-
tensively, as  to  lessen  the  number  of  his  horses  in
consequence  of  it.  ,

CABBAGES.
•The  beginning  of  this  month,  the  second  horse-
hoeing  should  be  given  to  the  Midsummer  planted

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