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sward to be turned under in the latter part of the Fall, the effect of 

 winch will b>. explained when speaking of manures, &c. 



Thus our lotuiion requires s,x seasons tor its completion, and is 

 composed of six or more different and successive crops. In exhibit- 

 ing our plan, we intend it merely as an outline of what we deem at 

 least one of the besi and most profitable systems of culture ihat can 

 be pursued in good arable lands, where all obstructions to the most 

 complete culture have been removed. Other courses may probably 

 be devised which ma) be as good ; but we feel confident there can 

 be none better. We consider this rotation as comprehending a suf- 

 ficient variety of crops for every purpose of affording the land rest 

 by changes; and although a couise of rotation might be made to in- 

 clude a greater variety of crops, still the profits of them, in the ag- 

 gregate, would probabl) be less than in the plan we propose. We 

 insisL much on the culture or root-crops for the greatest possible 

 profits. In some instances, tor the growths of roots and vines we 

 propose, as well as oi the gram-crops, others might be substituted, 

 and sometimes, for the sake of further variety of growths, particularly 

 oi roots, it mjght be advisable; ail this must, however, depend on the 

 soil, and on other circumstances. If the soil be rich and deep, per- 

 haps the rnangei-wurtzel should have a preference to the common 

 turnip, and the pumpkin, in the first years crop, and perhaps in such 

 soil trie cabbage-cuiture should sometimes come in lor a share. 



\V e should hardly advise that crops of carrots or of parsnips should 

 ever enter the Ust of a general rotation of crops, as they require pe- 

 culiar soils, and uncommon preparation. '1 hey are very valuable 

 crops for particular purposes; but their uses, tor feeding and fating 

 cattle, seem to be in a great measure superseded by the less expens- 

 ive culture ot the crops before mentioned. There are, however, 

 some mellow fertile soils, of sandy texture, where these roots, par- 

 ticularly carrots, may be cultivated with great advantage. A very 

 serious objection to the culture of parsnips is, that, in the soils most 

 suitable tor them, they extend so deeply that their extraction from 

 the earth is a matter of no small difficulty. 



In recommending the alternate culture of the pumpkin with the 

 corn-crop, we iiuve been influenced by two considerations; firstly, 

 from an account we have lately seen of a trial made ot the culture of 

 the large sort of pumpkin by itself, in which at the rate of twenty- 

 five tons to the acre were raised; and, secondly, we are of opinion 

 that in cultivating the crop, in the way we propose, nearly as great 

 a product ma) be obtained as if the ground were planted entirely 

 with this crop. Growing in drills by itself it will not impede the 

 growth of the corn; nor do we conceive that this crop will be injured 

 b) the extension of the pumpkin-vines over the ground ; whereas, if 

 the two crops were planted together in the same hills, or drills, as is 

 commonly practised, the growth of the one must, in a great measure, 

 serve to roo the other ot its due share of nutriment. The large sort 

 of pumpkin, to which we have reference, has been raised of the 

 weight of upwards of one hundred and fifiy pounds; but it is proba* 

 bly less nutritious, because less sweet, than pumpkins of the common 

 sorts. Another large sort, which we have seen exhibited in this 

 county, of more than four feet in length, is probably entitled to a 

 preference for culture, as it appears to be as sweet as pumpkins of 

 the smaller kinds. 



In selecting seed for the pumpkin-crop, take such plants as bear 

 the greatest weight of pumpkins, and from the largest of these let 

 the seed be preserved. 



