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The rotation of crops for four years. 
1 Potatoes and|Winter and| Barley, wheat, | Cloverand rye- 
turnips. Spring tares. or oats. grass. 
2 Winter and) Barley, wheat, | Cloverandrye-| Potatoes and 
spring tares. | or oats. grass. turnips. 
3 Barley, wheat, |Cloverandrye-| Potatoes and| Winter and 
or oats. grass. turnips. spring tares. 
4 Cloyerpunye- |totaters and| Winter and| Barley, wheat, 
grass. | turnips. spring tares.| or oats. 
The rotation then begins as at 
first. Lot D might continue in na- 
tural grass the first season, to di- 
minish the labour of that year. 
The exaét period when the dif- 
ferent crops should be dug for, or 
sown, cannot be ascertained, be- 
cause it varies so much in different 
counties, and depends upon the sea- 
sons ; but, according to the above 
rotation, the labour of digging for 
the various crops is diversified as 
much as possible, so as not to in- 
terfere, materially, with the other 
occupations of the cottager. At no 
period would it be necessary for 
him to dig more than two roods in 
amonth; and both he and his fa- 
mily will labour with much more 
satisfaction and dispatch, when they 
work for themselves than for an- 
other. In case of necessity, the 
cottager might hire some of his 
neighbours to assist him in digging, 
which would be much better than 
hiring a plough. If it is found that 
a cottager, under this system, can- 
not work as a common daily la- 
bourer, it might at least answer 
for labourers by the piece, who 
are so extremely useful in all coun- 
tries. 
ANTIQUITIES. 
