The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-05 00:00:00

NORFOLK AGRICULMRA L RE MORT.

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The weather hag been singnlarlY warm anal dry through
the whole of October; indeed the high state of ihe tempera-
tore has -reminded us inure of a Summer *lwo the last of the
Autumn months; ant perhaps there never. was 'stigma
greater start id ergetatimi of all kinds at this late season of
the year. The meadows have fully recovered their verdure,
and are even now throwing out plenty of crass, far more
than they did in July, Whent sowing has tone oil winner.
ropiedly, except on. the light lands, during die last sleeks OW
plastids, having 'sera fairly stopped LI; the drought. nor will
the farmers on such soils be able to proceed with this work
till rain falls to gist the seed furrow that tenacity soul dem-
ure to requisite for Wheat, instead ail its crumbling and
falling in pieces after the plungh, which is titserrilly sure to
bring up an immense mass of weeds • whereas tins is n
great measure
.prevented by the flat saselmint .bole. The
owed hitherto put its has vegetated unciinimonle.rgisid,
on nearly the whole of the wet and cold lands mat, be said
to lie out 4.f danger. A great breadth has this year been
dtbhled, perhaps more than ever Mar tCIIUtVIi, principally on
amnia of the eacessive mildness' of the season, which has
beets peculiarly f hie to thla kind of work. Tito seed
has bees plump and good, and the weather having always
been dry and warm, the children have bees. enabled to fe,j
the Whest well, mid to deposit the required ournM.r of grains
in each hole.. Notwithstanding these advalatagr.i.hOweVer,
the dibbling in Norfolk is in general done very badly; muds
of it is intrusted to vionsets, who or all people she the most
improper for this kiakof work: it required more strength
and steadiness of bard than they' possess; is place, there.
fore, of the rows being set straight, mud at 467181. r intervals,
we too frequently ate !bent crooked and ill executed, and
the boles too far from each ether, merely for the sake of
getting bete the ground, and making wages. Comparisons
have frequently been made between dibbling and drilling;
the difference in point of produce is nut materially great,
bit it is generally aoppused that a better sample may be
obtained from the dibble than the drill. This, if true, is
owing to the.additional solidity the laud receives from the
treading of the children, and thews the necessity, in dril-
ling, of keeping the laud as dem said Unbroken as possible.
Where laud is given to rubbish, drill ; it cannot be cleaned,
if dibbled; but where land as previously clean, and the
work can be well ',merited, you may dibble with safety ; sod
the nearer the Iwo ruws are placed in the entire of the (lag
the better. As to broad.eastmg, • prattler so slovenly, an.
;agitated, sad unprofitable, is, fortunately for the credit of
the comity, bait little resorted to, CllCrpt in extreme cases,
where neither drill nor dibbles can be brought to bear;
however, this is rarely to be mu with, sod one may navel
the county through, without fludtng a broad-east crop of
Wheal. Ottr cattle markets are exorbitautly high, rot with.
standing the great check the turnips have lately received
from the thy weather; indeed the early metro ones are the.
raying fast, and are beContiog every day of lees value.
Many people Lave put their bullocks In turuips, bat lb,
quality is !scald to be very inferior. Wisest sells from es.
to dis.i (fur seed) Barley, 385.; and Oats, ens. and his.
per womb.
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At the Quititer Sessions now holding at Exeter,
for the county of Devon, • true bill of bides tinriit
been found by the Grind Jury agsinit Sir Ala:
**mit LOPEZ, Mi. Hurt, his Solicitor, owl Mr:
SYsiints, one of the electors of Griimpuund, fur
bribery, during the late election at that borough.

A daring highway robbery way committed in
Om county on Friday ae'nnight beibre the close of
day. AsMr. T. Sias Di _as rettertoirg front
Attvk land market towards his boniest 64 bhet Hills.
he wry attacked near Hunwich by two lootiaad,;
who robbed him of four it bank nom igy. %11.
v-r, mod • silvei watch. A reward of eo guineas ii
Offered for the ditcovrryand cotitl4aivti a ate
lainte:—(L'arharz jtkirtiser.)

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