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a very long time m permanent pasture ; but if an additional quantity of 

 manure cannot be procured, and beyond that which is usually made upon 

 such farms, they must be refreshed in that way, although the produce may 

 in the mean time be of comparatively small value. The following rotation 

 has been recommended : — 



1. Fallow, dunged. 4. Pasture. 



2. Wheat. 5. Ditto. 



3. Seeds. 6. Oats. 



though, if a sufficient dressing of dung or compost could be laid on once 

 in five instead of six years, we have no doubt that the land would be more 

 improved, and a better return be obtained from the crops, were it broken 

 up after lying two years, instead of three, in grass. 



The foregoing courses are chiefly intended for the general run of low- 

 land soils, without reference to the fens — to the peculiar management of 

 which we have already adverted ; or to that of peat-earth, which, when 

 brought into cultivation, may be considered under the general denomina- 

 tion of light land. In upland districts, however, where the soil is dry, and 

 the climate not too severe for the production of wheat, Mr, Brown recom- 

 mends the following rotation : — 



No. VII. 

 L Turnips, drilled and dunged. 5. Peas, 



2. Barley, with red clover and rye-gras. 6. Barley, with seeds. 



3. Grass, to be used in soiling, or for hay. 7, 8, and 9, Pasture. 



4. Wheat. ' 10. Oats. 



The land to be ploughed, if possible, by the end of September for wheat, 

 and to receive a slight dressing of dung if it can be procured ; though, 

 according to our opinion, we should prefer ap{)lying the dung to the follow- 

 ing crop of peas ; for which two furrows, one before winter, and the other 

 at seed-time, may be given. 



If, however, the situation be so elevated as to render the growth of 

 wheat hazardous, a system has been successfully practised by other eminent 

 farmers which consists in 



1. Turnips. 3, Clover. 



2. Bear, or bigg. 4. Bed oats. 



being the species best calculated for such high land. Instead of the two- 

 rowed barley, the four-rowed, or that inferior sort called bear, or bigg, 

 should always be preferred in mifavourable climates : but then in elevations 

 so great as to cause other crops to fail, rye has been known to prosper * ; 

 or, if the land lies at a great distance from the dunghill, a crop of cole can 

 be taken, and fed off, previous to the turnips, and the clover may be mixed 

 with other seeds, and allowed to stand for two or more years. 



As many parts of the upland districts are, however, too wet for turnips, 

 a different course, he conceives, may be successfully practised in places 

 ineligible for the turnip husbandry : as thus — 



No. VIII. 



1. Fallow, with dung. grey peas, with a dressing 



2. Wheat early sown, of dung or compost. 



3. Clover and Rye-grass, for hay 6. Barley, with seeds. 



or soiling. 7, 8, and 9. Pasture. 



4. Oats. 10, Oats. 



5. Tares, or any of the varieties of 



* Sinclair's Code of Agric, 3rd, edit. p. 461, 



