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afiaii's, an'feftate is comefobddiykfoddnto feveral parts, three] qr
four families ife-w; profiur^lat^cpiufortab]^ ffupport from a farm,
-jvhicili'^befck-e -was.;a;iubfisferice 6hJp.ToF1#he( *, This ha^ encou>
raged a idiligejut-inquiry,RafterJppts o f ground «proper for fowingj
done?; begin,,,!» •.be5!r4moVed)1,fensi and lplo^ffes, are drained Jby
benches, • which* -are- hqre caUed^Yjqiter, f> fo§ .‘carrying off the
water, and are. tiled in the, >HQ$dyj cultivated grounds in .many
„places] tranfv^rlally,* mndemea%$fkfim* ,an ell , or tyro deep in
’the'fgroundi,]where they are, cqye£edv*vdth;]earth, and lined" with
IJohesi The pedants.are likewifq imprpv.e^jin:theit*knowlege of
pianures, ahddijigqtie&in the pfe-pf then»,* ,%qh},as fern and other
‘latge^^e^sv^ heath or, 0m ofi,f fejirgrafs, mad other Tea vegetables,
likewife af.kjqd of reddiftr earlh^4lfw lieb hath in many‘plkces
had ,the gjqod. effect of enriching the word- and moll unpromiling
(land?. | | | | fignal(,incrgafe and adyancement o f
agriculture in this century, Mr.,Peter jSghrceder^ fuperintendant
„and mmiller o f ^armen, „inj „thejjdioce^^of j31u^i^|x(and in a letter
-to me, among other things, mentions the following particulars j
-l-hthe adjutages mis c o u n ^ basireqeiyed,from the indefatigable
application o f .the inhabitants, within Jjhef^&xty,pr fifty yp4|s, in
thprfhlRr^ement and augmentation ,of their arable lands,- is be-
yo"nd(1credit. .heretofore the farmer, who by his yearly tillage
-cqnld-Tuppqft his family tilLChrillmas, was amounted a notable
•man and ,in.gqod circumlhnces, whereas now, in^thp^.years,
when God cfogstpot punilh the land with, any remarkable fcarci-
ty, the infiabitaUtt throughout this d iftr ia ^ ^ Trom their own
grounds,-nbl^nly plentifully provided with malt, barley,.and.oats,
throughout the^whpley^arjhut fetid fopie ^ u p d r^ tjin sjlm ^ r-
ket to Bergen, Hardanger, and Stavanger, &d” InVaqother, *lettqr
this gentleman, who is well experienced in hulbandry, con^nu-
nicates £0 me, .a.t my .requell, fome oblervations on ,the proper
application of the f^yeral, kinds of, manure tojh e quality ,.qf foil^
■ * ln th>s Eiocefe, where, we have but little room for tillage, large farms are >
anceof nomea,n^vdlage; . formftwice, "an eftate pdiepairifh of KnitorVue :
m H a r d a h g e r t t t ® j k d « t a x ; is; a®fled
Ifolkub' ^aml lCSl and $ d^eRor^bf tge'ran^ed cknfift of
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PartI. *?E:e which