Ql5 



1794. 



^795 



some binding of the 

 ground, to a degree that 

 probably occasioned the 

 saying, in England, of the 

 ground becoiinng, in that 

 country, '' clover sick." But 

 yearly renewing the clover, in the rotation 

 of crops, neither admits of w^eedsnor a bind- 

 ing of the ground. The clover in this case, 

 being sufficiently thick and well sown, 

 effectually shades and mellows the soil, 

 without having time allowed it, or the soil, 

 to decline. 



Comparison hetxveen the EngUsJi old and nezv 



Rotations of Crops. 



Upon comparing the new with the old 

 courses of crops in England, it occurs that 

 the 1 20 acres in clover may be considerably 

 superior to the 150 acres of common grasses 

 on the hidebound soil of the lay or old 

 field ; and that the grain and straw is su- 

 perior as 300 to 185. Peas and beans are 

 allowed to be inoffensive, as is clover, and 



