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Mr Rcnnic of Fantassie, and Mr Brown of Markle, 

 generally adopt, in their turnip soils, the following ro- 

 tation : i. Turnips ; 2. Winter wheat, sown in spring *, 

 or barley ; 3. Clover ; and, 4. Oats. This is certainly 

 a productive rotation, and it is strongly in its favour 

 that it is recommended by such eminent farmers, who 

 are justly accounted at the head of their profession. 



Mr Hunter of Tynefield s rotation is, i. Turnips , 

 2. Wheat ; 3. Grass, (mostly sheep fed), 4. Four-fifths 

 winter wheat sown in spring, and one-fifth oats. He 

 adds, that under this rotation, the produce of his farm 

 has been improved, both in quality and in quantity, since 

 its commencement to the present time, and continues to 

 improve. The additional quantity is to the amount of 

 no leas than i boll per acre. 



I have now to state a course of cropping still more 

 serere, which I think may be called the Dunbar Rota- 

 tion, as hitherto it has only prevailed in that neighbour- 

 hood. The course is, i. Turnips; 2. Drilled wheat ; 



rating, or fined soon to raise land to that degree of produc- 

 tiveness, in which it is found to be the most valuable to die 

 cultivator. 



* In regard to winter wheat sown in spring, after turnips, 

 an experienced farmer, (Mr Dudgeon of Prora), observes, 

 that it may be safely sown as late as the middle of March, 

 and has succeeded even later, and that on fine land it may be 

 safely taken in preference either to barley or oats, if sheep have 

 eat the turnips upon the ground. This is the most valuable, 

 and the least expensive method of using them. But fine land, 

 by this scheme, would be over-dunged, were it not for the 

 practice adopted of stripping out a part of the turnips, to the 

 amount of one fourth, one third, or even one half, (leaving 

 the alternate rows), and carrying those drawn out to the cat- 

 tle. When a certain breadth is thus stripped, the sheep- 

 flakes can be set upon the diills which remain, and the strip- 

 ping be carried on, as they need more ground. 



