The Agricultural Papers of George Washington 



hills, or drills, may be considered. 



No. 3. May receive pumpkins, cymlins, turnips, and mel 

 ons, there being no sown grass remaining on it ; and the ma 

 nure for, and shade occasioned by, these vines, together with 

 the working the lot will get, will be of service instead of a det 

 riment to the potato crop which will follow. 



No. 4. Is to remain in clover, until, by rotation, it comes 

 into potatoes again. 



The rotation for these lots is uniformly to be, 1. Potatoes, 

 highly manured ; 2. oats, and clover sown therewith ; 3. clover ; 

 4*. clover. Then to begin again with potatoes, and proceed as 

 before. 



The present clover lots must be plastered. 



All green sward, rough ground, or that which is heavily 

 covered with weeds, bottle-brush grass, and such things as by 

 being turned in will ferment, putrefy, and ameliorate the soil, 

 should in the autumn be ploughed in, and at such time in 

 winter as it can be done while the ground is dry and in condi 

 tion for working. 



Pasture Ground 



As stock of all sorts, except sheep upon the rye, are to be 

 excluded from the arable fields and clover lots, resort must be 

 had to the woodland and unreclaimed swamps therein for 

 pasture for them ; and this will be provided by a fence extend 

 ing from the southwest corner of Muddy-Hole field No. 2, to 

 the southeast corner of Dogue-Run field No. 4, leaving all 

 south of it for this farm ; as the north part will be for Muddy- 

 Hole farm ; and, as it will be for the mutual benefit of both 

 farms, the fence must be erected at the joint expense of both. 



Fencing 



The one just mentioned must be completed in the course 

 of the winter; and every possible exertion must be made to 



