gg BOARD OF AGRICULTUIIE. 



Avoulil wish to be limited to the culture of wheat and potatoes only? 



I shall now explain the system of rotation, Avhich, during thirty- 

 years' experience, I have found best suited to the climate, the soil 

 and the nrtnal condition of Lower Canada, and which I believe to 

 be <:enei;illy api)licable to the lands held hy the French Canadians, 

 and herein I shall speak of nothing that I have not done myself and 

 practiced with success. 



Plan of the Rotation. Divide the arable portion of the farm, 

 whatever may be its size, into six parts, as equal as possil»le, with a 

 direct communication from the barn yard to each field, and from one 

 field to the other, so that the cattle may pass from one to the other 

 when required. This division into six fields may require on most 

 farms new fencing, and it Avill be proper, beforehand, to see how 

 this can he done with the least possible expense. I shall now sup- 

 pose the farm prepared to receive the application of this system, and 

 that is the one which I have found the best for even the poorest 

 settler. 



First. Root crop, such as turnips, carrots, beets, potatoes, parsnips, 

 &c , and in cases where the land is not sufficiently open for a crop 

 of this kind, the field must be left in fallow. 



Second. Crop of wheat or barley. 



Third. Crop of hay. 



Fourth. Pasture. 



Fifth. Pasture. 



Sixth. Crop of oats or peas. 



In be.<^inning the ap[)lication of this system, that field of the 

 series which is in best condition for a root crop, should be called 

 field ..... A 



The best for wheat or barley, . , . . B 



That which is actually in hay, . . . C 



Tlie pasture fiekls, . . . D & E 



• Tliat which is best for oats or peas, . • F 



Each field for the first year ought to be appropriated to the crops 

 above mentioned, and after the fashion now in use, except in the case 

 of field A. By this plan, they will at all events still get as much 

 from their five fields as they get at present. 



The culture of field A and of crop number one come up together 

 for the first year, and ought to be the object of special attention, as 

 this is, in fact, the key to the whole system ; for the good culture of 

 this field has for object, and ought to have for its effect, not only a 

 good crop the first year, but also to improve the laud for the five 

 other years of this rotation of crops. 



In the following year, the cultivation of the different crops will 

 be according to the following order : 



Crop number two in the field A, 

 Crop number three in the field B, 

 Crop number four in the field C, 



