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Article XVI. 



On the Rotation of Crops-, — the Advantage of 

 Carrots as a Food for Cattle , &c. 



Stifted'Hally near Braintree, 

 Sir, Nov. 25, 1788. 



T Should be happy, by fome agricultural commu- 

 nication, to acknowledge the honour of your 

 application to me from the Bath Society: but, 

 on fo fmall a fcale of arable land as mine, kept 

 more for family convenience than amufement, 

 where a regular courfe is followed, not an expe- 

 riment tried, nor an improved inftrument ufed; 

 fcarcely any thing but tirefome repetition can be 

 fent, or what is known by general experience, ufe- 

 lefsly confirmed. I have twice gone over on my 

 four arable fields in the following rotation of crops, 

 with only one plowing for each crop: — Oats, with 

 rye-grafs, the grafs fprinkled with dung and earth 

 mixed in the winter, and conftantly fed till the fuc- 

 ceeding autumn ; then wheats next, l\\Q fmall fov^ 

 ward Spanifh bean, planted in two rows, on four 

 furrows, and three times hand-hoed j after thefe 

 oats, &c. again. I am convinced with fuch hoeing^ 

 manure, and feeding, this very fimple courfe of crops 

 may be followed as productive, for two rotations ; 



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