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possible*. Mr Rcnnie of Fantassie, whose farm con- 

 tains both strong and dry land, divides his clay soil into 

 fields of forty-two Scotch, or fifty-three English acres, 

 and his turnip soil into sixty-two Scotch, or seventy-seven 

 English acres. In turnip soils, the following plan has 

 been recommended by Mr Carnegie of Drylaw-hill, in 

 East Lothian. Where the farm would admit of it, he 

 would divide the whole into eight fields of thirty acres 

 each, under a rotation of, i. Turnip; 2. Wheat and bar- 

 ley; 3. Grass, and, 4. Oats: and he would have two 

 breaks or divisions in each field, one-half, (or fifteen 

 gcres,) of the inclosure in turnips, and the other in grass, 

 and when ready to consume the turnips, he would strip 

 one half of them, and give them to the sheep on the 

 grass : He would then move back the flakes or hurdles, 

 and would allow the remaining half to be consumed on 

 the ground, with liberty to the sheep to pasture over the 

 whole grass while eating the turnips, taking care never 

 to give the stock more than a fortnight's turnips at a 

 time. Thus there, would be four fields with white 

 crops, after turnip and grass. This seems fo be a useful 

 hint. 



3. Ike rotation adopted. It is considered to be a pro* 

 per rule, that whatever is thought to be the rotation 

 the most suitable to the soil, the fields should be 

 neither more nor less than the proper division that the 

 rotation of crops requires, that is te say, a farm with a 

 rotation of eight courses, should be divided into eight 

 fields ; six courses into six fields ; five courses into five 

 fields, and four courses into four fields or inclosures f. 

 That rule is laid down by Mr Murray, (Kirkland- 



* Remarks by Mr Rennie of Kinblethmont. 



f The size, it is said, should be equal to the fallow-break. 



