2o6 Vieiv of the Agriculture of Torifhire, April 



" The rotation of crops piirfued upon a Marfli-Iand farm, 

 confiding of 432 acres of aruble laiul : — The foil where the 

 principal part of the potatoes are grown, is a good warp ; the 

 other part, on which potatoes are alfo cultivated, a mixture of 

 warp and fand ; the remainder of the land, clay, with a fmall 

 portion of warp, but too ftrong to grow potatoes, except about 

 70 acres, which is tolerably good potato land, but at too great 

 a diftance from the river. Grafs land only fufficient to keep 

 tvvo milch cows, and horfes neceffary for working the farm ; 

 69 acres of the bed warp land, divided into three equal parts : 

 ift, fallow with from 16 to 20 loads of manure per acre; fet 

 it with potatoes ; after, fow wheat ; and then fallow again : 

 3 acres of the fame kind of land, that is liable to be damaged 

 by fparrows, when fowo with corn, is fet with potatoes every 

 year, with about i o loads of manure per acre each year : 84 acres 

 of the lighter land is divided in the fame manner, one third fal- 

 low, with 10 loads of manure ^.-r acre % fet pot-atoes, and th-^n 

 fow wheat ; and fallow again : 42 acres of land, lately an old 

 paflure, divided into three parts ; one-third flax, then fown 

 with rape, and, after they come off, plough and harrow the 

 land three or four times, and lay upon it about 20 loads of ma- 

 nure per acre, which will make it in great condition ; after, 

 which, fet potatoes, then fow flax again, and rape after : 150 

 acres divided into three parts ; ift, fallow ; 2d, wheat ; 3d 

 beans, drilled at nine inches diftance, band-hoed t«'ice, at 6s. 

 per acre ; fallow again, &c. : 80 acres of land that was lately in 

 old grafs, divided into four parts ; fallow, wheat, beans drilled, 

 and oats ; then fellow again, &c. The remaining four acres 

 thrown to any of the crops that are likely to fail. Rent 25S4 

 per acre i aflTeflments, 5s. ^^r acre. 



Diftribution of crops for 1795. 



Acres. Average prod. of. an Acre. 



Wheat - - - 12 r from 3 to 5 quarters. 



Beans ... jq from 3 to 6 quarters. 



Oats - - - - 20 ~ from 6 to 10 quarters. 



Flax - - - - 14 from 4j to ^^ flones. 



Rape - , - - ' 14 from 4 to 5 quarters. 



Potatoes . • - ' . 68. from 60 to lOO facks. 



Fallow - - --121 ■ 



To be thrown where a crop 

 " k likely to fail - 4 



432 



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