this grain cultivated; the common long eared English barley, and the short eared sprat-barley: the latter is only sown on some of the richest parts of the soil, where the common kind is likely to grow too stout, and fall." On the culture of "Thanet barley," celebrated throughout the land, not a syllable is said! BEANS.-P. 85. "These are usually either drilled, dropped by hand, or boxed, in furrows eighteen inches apart, from three and a half to four bushels per acre, in February and March; in either case they are generally hand and horse-hoed twice, and sometimes three times, and lastly hand-weeded. The crop is reaped about the end of August or beginning of September, and thrashed by a flail, cleaned with the casting-shovel and spry, and then sifted to take out the dirt and small beans. The produce is from two to six quarters per acre, in proportion to the strength of the land and management. P. 143. "The bean and pea-crop is invariably horsehoed two or three times; the first, as soon as the rows appear; they are then hoed by the hand along the sides of the furrows, with a plate about five inches wide; as soon as that is done, they are horse-hoed a second time; and if a second hand-hoeing is thought necessary, it is repeated; and then the beans are horse-hoed a third time with an earthing plate, to raise the mould against their stems." PEAS.-P. 90. "All the kinds of pease are drilled in rows, about eighteen inches apart, from the middle of February till the end of March, and sometimes later, when untoward seasons intervene. These crops are cultivated, during the summer, with horse and hand-hoes, the same as the bean crops; and are harvested from the middle of July till the end of September, as they become ripe. They are reaped with a hook, called a podware hook, and thrashed as other crops of corn. The produce is from one and a half to five quarters per acre. Leadman's Dwarf and the Early Grey pease, are thought to be the most prolific." CANARY SEED.-This, in East Kent, may be deemed an article of farm produce; and Mr. Boys, accordingly, classes it among "crops commonly cultivated." P. 91. "Canary Seed. There are three kinds of tilths for this crop; viz. summer-fallow, bean-stubble, and cloverlay; the last the best. If the land is not very rich, a coat o rotten dung is frequently spread for it. Whether manured or not, the tillage necessary is to plough the land the first opportunity that offers after wheat sowing is done; and, as soon as the land is tolerably dry in the spring, furrows are made about eleven or twelve inches apart apart, and the seed is sown broad-cast, about four or fivegallons per acre, and well harrowed in; when the blade appears, and the rows are distinct, the intervals are immediately hoed with a Dutch hoe, and afterwards, in May or June, the hoeing is repeated with a common hoe; carefully cutting up every weed, and thinning the plants in the furrows, if they are too thick. It is cut in the harvest, which is always later than any corn-crop, with a hook, calted a twibil, and a hink; by which it is laid in lumps, or wads, of about half a sheaf each. « The seed clings remarkably to the husk; and, in order to detach it, the crop must be left a long time on the ground to receive moisture sufficient to destroy the texture of the envelopement, otherwise it would be hardly possible to thrash out the seed. The wads are turned from time to time to have the full benefit of the rains and sun; it has sometimes continued in the field till December without vegetating, or suffering any kind of injury. "The produce is from three to five quarters per acre; and it is sold to the seedsmen in London, who send it to all parts of Europe for feeding small birds, which are kept in cages. The offal of this article is a most excellent food for horses." MADDER.-P. 101. "This is a plant used by the dyers, which has been formerly much cultivated in the eastern part of this county; but I believe is now entirely given up." TURNEPS.-P. 92. "This plant is more sown with us every year. Thirty years ago, hardly one farmer in a hundred grew any; and now there are few, especially in the upland parts, that do not sow some every year." This is interesting information; seeing how long turneps have been cultivated, in the adjoining county of Surrey. Thin caicareous soils, it is true, are not favorable to this ctop; owing principally, I believe, to a want of room for the tap roots. But, by collecting the cultivated mold into ridgets, in the Tweedside manner, soils of a moderate depth, as four or five inches, will produce tolerable crops of turneps; provided an extra quantity of seed be allowed; this being a boon, I believe, which all calcareous lands, whether chalk or lirnestone, require. From the circumstance of only one page being bestowed on this valuable crop by a practical man on a large scale, and that page not very intelligent, we may, I think, conclude that, in 1796, the turnep crop might have been deemed an alien in East Kent. TURNER CABBAGE.-P. 104. "Turnip-rooted Cabbage. This kind was first introduced in general culture by the late Mr. 432 440 this grain cultivated; the common long ed Es barley, and the short eared sprat-barley: the later i sown on some of the richest parts of the soil, wher common kind is likely to grow too stout, and fall" On the culture of "Thanet barley," celebrated the BEANS.-P. 85. "These are usually either drilled, P. 143. "The bean and pea-crop is invariably b PEAS.-P. 90. "All the kinds of pease are drilled i P. 91. Canary Seed. There are three kinds of tilths aparc art, and the seed is sown broad-cast, about four or five Allons per acre, and well harrowed in; when the blade Spears, and the rows are distinct, the intervals are immediately hoed with a Dutch hoe, and afterwards, in May er June, the hoeing is repeated with a common hoe; careally cutting up every weed, and thinning the plants in the arrows, if they are too thick. It is cut in the harvest, which is always later than any corn-crop, with a hook, called twibil, and a hink; by which it is laid in lumps, or wads, >>f about half a sheaf each. "The seed clings remarkably to the husk; and, in order co detach it, the crop must be left a long time on the ground to receive moisture sufficient to destroy the texture of the envelopement, otherwise it would be hardly possible to thrash out the seed. The wads are turned from time to time to have the full benefit of the rains and sun; it has sometimes continued in the field till December without vegetating, or suffering any kind of injury. The produce is from three to five quarters per acre; and it is sold to the seedsmen in London, who send it to all parts of Europe for feeding small birds, which are kept in cages. The offal of this article is a most excellent food for horses." MADDER.-P. 101. "This is a plant used by the dyers, which has been formerly much cultivated in the eastern part of this county; but I believe is now entirely given up." TURNEPS.-P. 92. "This plant is more sown with us every year. Thirty years ago, hardly one farmer in a hundred grew any; and now there are few, especially in the upland parts, that do not sow some every year." This is interesting information; seeing how long turneps have been cultivated, in the adjoining county of Surrey. Thin calcareous soils, it is true, are not favorable to this crop; owing principally, I believe, to a want of room for the tap roots. But, by collecting the cultivated mold into ridgets, in the Tweedside manner, soils of a moderate depth, as four or five inches, will produce tolerable crops of turneps; provided an extra quantity of seed be allowed; this being a boon, I believe, which all calcareous lands, whether chalk or limestone, require. From the circumstance of only one page being bestowed on this valuable crop by a practical man on a large scale, and that page not very intelligent, we may, I think, conclude that, in 1796, the turnep crop might have been deemed an alien in East Kent. TURNER CABBAGE.-P. 104. "Turnip-rooted Cabbage. This kind was first introduced in general culture by the late Mr. this grain cultivated; the common long eared English barley, and the short eared sprat-barley: the latter is only sown on some of the richest parts of the soil, where the common kind is likely to grow too stout, and fall." On the culture of "Thanet barley," celebrated throughout the land, not a syllable is said! BEANS.-P. 85. "These are usually either drilled, dropped by hand, or boxed, in furrows eighteen inches apart, from three and a half to four bushels per acre, in February and March; in either case they are generally band and horse-hoed twice, and sometimes three times, and lastly hand-weeded. The crop is reaped about the end of August or beginning of September, and thrashed by a flail, cleaned with the casting-shovel and spry, and then sifted to take out the dirt and small beans. The produce is from two to six quarters per acre, in proportion to the strength of the land and management." P. 143. "The bean and pea-crop is invariably horse. hoed two or three times; the first, as soon as the rows appear; they are then hoed by the hand along the sides of the furrows, with a plate about five inches wide; as soon as that is done, they are horse-hoed a second time; and if a second hand-hoeing is thought necessary, it is repeated; and then the beans are horse-hoed a third time with an earthing plate, to raise the mould against their stems." PEAS.-P. 90. "All the kinds of pease are drilled in rows, about eighteen inches apart, from the middle of February till the end of March, and sometimes later, when untoward seasons intervene. These crops are cultivated, during the summer, with horse and hand-hoes, the same as the bean crops; and are harvested from the middle of July till the end of September, as they become ripe. They are reaped with a hook, called a podware hook, and thrashed as other crops of corn. The produce is from one and a half to five quarters per acre. Leadman's Dwarf and the Early Grey pease, are thought to be the most prolific." CANARY SEED.--This, in East Kent, may be deemed an article of farm produce; and Mr. Boys, accordingly, classes it among "crops commonly cultivated." P. 91. Canary Seed. There are three kinds of tilths for this crop; viz. summer-fallow, bean-stubble, and cloverlay; the last the best. If the land is not very rich, a coat of rotten dung is frequently spread for it. Whether manured or not, the tillage necessary is to plough the land the first opportunity that offers after wheat sowing is done; and, as soon as the land is tolerably dry in the spring, furrows are made about eleven or twelve inches apart |