A Maize-Course. 



N V. 



50 a. maize, - - 15 - - - 750 



50 - wheat (or spring barley) - 750 



50 - clover, ------ .... 



50 - rye (or winter barley), - 900 



50 - clover, - - - - - - .... 



50 - clover, ------ .... 



300 a. in 6 fields. 2400 



The great fault in this system is in 

 wheat succeeding maize, that is corn on 

 corn. Rye or barley might have been in 

 the place of wheat ; but these also are 

 corns which exhaust the soil. Clover after 

 maize is not likely to succeed, especially 

 when sown without a sheltering crop ; and 

 this sheltering crop being from grain, 

 would introduce the mischief incident to 

 corn on corn. But even this faulty system 

 is far preferable to any of our old courses, 



