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tic for several weeks between seed-furrowing and sow- 

 ing, it gets consolidated before the roots of the plant 

 strike in the ground, and the plants are not so apt to 

 be thrown out of the soil by the spring frosts *. 



It is evident, that this process is attended with consi- 

 derable expence. Carse and other strong lands, when 

 properly fallowed, require six ploughings, harrowings,. 

 &.C., which cannot be stated at less than 9 s. per English 

 acre each time, or L. 2, 14 s. per acre f. It is to be ob- 

 served also, that more advantage is to be expected 

 from fallowing, conducted on scientific principles, than: 

 when it is managed in the careless and slovenly man- 

 ner which is too often to be seen, where agriculture is 

 but imperfectly understood. 



3. Cases where fallowing strong Lands is not thought ad- 



visable. 



Near towns, where manure abounds, the fallowing 

 process is avoided as much as possible. In the neigh- 

 bourhood of Glasgow, where the rents are from L.6 to 

 L. 7 per Scotch acre, several thousand acres of land, even 

 of a clayey quality, are cultivated under the fallowing 

 rotation, namely, i. Potatoes, a. Wheat, 3. Clover, and 



4. Oats. The potatoes get from thirty to forty tons of 

 dung per acre; the wheat only a moderate dressing of 



' * Communication from Mr Hope of Fenton. 



f On strong good soils, recently let, nothing but the deep- 

 est conviction of the advantages to be derived from that ope- 

 ration, could induce skilful and intelligent farmers to incur so 

 heavy a charge, without the advantages of any crop, and pay- 

 ing at the same time, a heavy rent for the land thus occupied. 

 Including rent, the expence of a complete over yr;.\ 

 on good land, may be computed at from L. 5, 10 <;. t" L. 3 

 per acre. 



