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 vtrfed in with the last hoeing, which answers perfectly 



The following, on the whole, seems to be the result 

 that may be drawn from this important discussion. 



I. That turnips and potatoes ought to be drilled in all 

 cases. 



a. That drilling carrots is advisable, more especially 

 where there is not a great depth of soil. 



3. That beans should be drilled on light and loamy 

 soils, but not on very harsh, strong, and stubborn clays. 



4. That pease may be drilled in dry soils a; d climates, 

 where the object is to clean the land ; but where the land 

 is clean, sowing broadcast suits better the nature of that 

 plant. 



5. That autumn or winter sown wheat may be culti- 

 vated broadcast, but that spring sown crops, whether 

 wheat, barley or oats, are most likely to be productive, 

 where annual weeds abound, when cultivated in drills. 



It may be proper at the same time to observe, that in 

 several districts in England, particularly in some parts of 

 Norfolk, and Suffolk, they carry their ideas in favour of 

 the drilling system, in so far as regards crops of grain, 

 still farther. 



8. ROTATION or CROPS. 



Of all the subjects included in the present inquiry, 

 this, perhaps, is the most important, and the most diffi- 

 cult to discuss *. The returns transmitted to me regard- 

 ing this single point, exceed eighty in number, and 

 would form a moderate volume. It is my duty to en- 



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* Even in gardening a rotation of crops is advisable. See 

 Nicol's Gardener's Kalendar, p. 21. 



