some binding of the 

 1794. :Wh. , , 



ground, to a degree that 



probably occasioned the 



1795.: Pe. 



saying, in England, of the 



ground becoming, in that 

 country, a clover sick." But 

 yearly renewing the clover, in the rotation 

 of crops, neither admits of weeds nor 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 between the English old and new 

 Rotation* 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 1 50 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 



