^72 ^EW ROTATtON OF CROP^. 



tvhen it is cnrried, the clover forms a green sward interniixcd 



witli yellow stubble. 

 CTrtyer mown The clover may be mown in September the same year; 

 andcnitlc^um- ^"^ cattle may afterward be fed on it till the frosts come 

 ed on it. on, without inconvenience. 



2d year cut The second year the cjover will be in its most productive 



three or four state J it maybe mowed at least three times for hay, or four 

 then pastured ^^r green foflder; beside which it will afford an abundant 



pasture till the frosts come*. 



2d year cut The third rear I mow it but twice, and when it has shot 



t\vice,and then ■,• ^ n i t. • t i • • -it 



ploughed ill. "P ^ httle alter the second cuttmo^, I plow it m with the 



simple plow of the eountry. I afterward plow and harrovr 



it repeatedly, till the land is brought to a proper tilth for 



jye or wheat, which I sow without any manure. 



CloTcranatu- j^ is to be observed, that clover is a natural manure fof 



ml manure for . -mi 



wheat, wheat; that, as is well known^ a i^ood crop of wheat may bt. 



had any where after a good crop of clover; that the wheat 



particularly vvill be so much the better, if the clover have been dressed 



-nith plaster of , ,. . . , ^ r i r rt • 



Paris, the precedmg spring with 2 cwt. of plaster of Fans to every 



quartelee of 300 toises scattered over the surface. 

 Wheat after Wheat succeeds veryAvell after clover without plaster or 

 clover requires ^^ ^^^^ other dressing, but it is indispensable to weed it, and 



for want of hands I shall in future prefer rye, which when 



once sown requires no farther care. 

 Advantajres of To prove the advantage of my practice in every respeet^ 

 ■s practice, ^jjjggj.^^^ ^)^^^ ^^^ ^y^ | ^^^.\\ manured I sow my clover in the 



spring. This clover costs me nothing either for ploughing or 

 manuring ; but only the price of the seed] and the labour of 

 sowing and harrowing it]. 



A septeree of clover furnishes me, beside the feed at the 

 end of the first and second years, at least five crops of hay 

 during the two jxars that it wholly occupies the land. 



Rotation (dt * If the farmer would adliere to the order of cropping where corn is 



com eveiy sown every other year, he must plow in the clover after the second mow- 

 other year. .^^^ ^^ ^^^ y^^^ ' 



Rye better t ^ prefer sowing clover on rye to sowing it on oats, in the first place 



than oats with because; the crop of rye is more valurbic, and in the next because expe- 

 clover. rience has convinced me, that the clover is mure forward ; no doubt be- 



cause the rye being already at somo height, it germinates and grows more 

 advantageously under its shelter, particularly in dry seasons. 



Calculating 



