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Article VI. 



On 



the Culture and Courfe of Crops proper for 

 heavy Clay Lands, and which are beft adapted 

 to render Fallozv unneceffary. 



[By an Essex Farmer.] 



Mr. Rack, 



THE courfe of crops bed adapted to prevent 

 the neceflity of fallowing our heavy clayey- 

 lands is (with a little alteration) that you have 

 mentioned in your laft letter,* provided fuch lands 

 are rich enough to bear thofe crops. It is cer- 

 tainly a principal part of good husbandry to fuit 

 the land with an agreeable change or courfe of 

 crops: but fotne of our ftrong or ftiff clay lands 

 are (6 poor, that let the change be what it will, 

 if we take more than two crops after a good fal- 

 low, it impoverifhes the land to fuch a degree, 

 that a fummer fallow will not reftore it to its for- 

 mer ftate. Experience has fully proved that fuch 

 farmers as take but one crop, to a good fallow, 

 off fuch lands, find it anfwer their purpofe beft. 

 Many of our lands are fo poor, that the fecond 

 crop does not pay the ufual expence, confidering 

 how much it hurts the next fore crop. 



» Sec Courfe of Crops in following letter. 



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