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hay, nor the culture of pumpkins, which are certain 

 ]y a nutricious and valuable crop. Neither has he 

 noticed the method by which he proposes to supply 

 his farm with manure : doubtless his hogs would pro- 

 duce an abundance for all his purposes, if properly 

 littered, and this would also surpass in value his 

 earth, when burnt into ashes. These two manures, 

 whfcn combined, would support his system of farming 

 for ever, without exhausting his farm. Mr. Cobbet 

 very justly excludes the horse from the profitable 

 stock upon his farm, and treats him as an article of 

 luxury and convenience only. This doubtless will 

 stand as a general principle, with very few excep- 

 tions. 



If Mr. Cobbet had combined the profits of the dai- 

 ry with the improvements of his other 56 acres, (as 

 mentioned before.) his farm would doubtless have 

 been more complete. This every farmer can do to 

 ?uit his convenience. 



In my former remarks, I have not noticed particu- 

 larly the several rotines of crops used in England, be- 

 cause the crop of Indian-corn, which is so valuable 

 i.n this country, is not known to them, and is not ad- 

 mitted into their system ; they substitute barley, oats, 

 peas and beans, in their fattening, for the Indian- 

 corn, and arrange their crops accordingly. 



I have given but one example, which includes In- 

 dian-corn, and every farmer can vary this example to 

 suit his own convenience, or the particular state of 

 his farm. He will readily see the necessity of pre- 

 serving the due proportions, and regular succession 

 in his variations. I shall conclude this remark on 

 the rotine of crops, with thfr following remark of Sir 

 John Sinclair. " The most effectual mode of increas- 

 ing and preserving the fertility of weak soils, is, by 

 having a division of them in pasture, thrown out of 

 the usual rotation for 3 or 4 years ; and then brought 

 in again, so that in the course of a 21 year's lease, 

 each division, in its turn, remains in grass for a pe- 



