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AGRICU~TURËIN THE NORTH OF FRANCE. 141obj.ecttosetthought in action.-A few ideas present themselves to ob..servationàod recollection on these heads.Agricultural Notes on the North of France.-..· Great breadth of wintercorn sown....-gotearly into the ground-'Wheat too bright, anexampleof· theclisappo.intfucnt attendant on toobright earlyprospects­Fences aboutiusticmc:nages here ancl.there-incipient planting-notduly select in their trees-the witchelm, useful for rnstic implements,predominates-some good fencing is oçcasionally seen-plough too fast-the wheel-plough" with that inestimable servant of all-work thehorBe, two or three in fl'Ont, and three ploughs abreast; one man to the'plough~8QWverJ:thiek-·furfow weIl.White rnanure-burning-Iowstock of winter fodder-ha1 badly rnanaged-insensibiJity to the sweetsof after-grass.-·Little space leftfor spring corn.Notes of the Route;-.Many in thetçnvns have tbeair des(Jtuv1'é, butinto.Kication isvery rarely seen.'fhe chalk country is a summit .levelin France as in England. Inclosure is not atternpted on it. Noyon isits boundary; on the other side is a tract of foliage and inclosure.Double plough, triangular harrow, and garden-rake used in the field"Broom is.the natural covering of the soil at the paraHel of Montreuil..No formidable species of the thistle tribe shows itself until north ofAbbevilLe. The. vineYl:wd ceases at the Oi.se.root the fallo.ws.The swine are aUowecltoVef'Y few tarne geese seen througllOut }'rance; what~J1e, are 9f a larg~ size. Penning. of sheep i8 just perceivable. Red:-­brown cattle, \Vith white faces-apparently the oJjigin of the Herefordbreed with us. Some oftbe favourite yeUo\\' k.incl here also~ AboutAmiens turf (tourbe) is iudigenous both ta snil and c1imate.On theOise it seem,S rather an .exp·tic.Oa,k feUed in winter. without beingbarked. 7 So111e ground on this Ioute. unturned on the first of May-aràre l:!igbt. SOIlle too 1eR as not worth turning. North of St. Just, a