SYSTEM OF FARMING. J'Jo 



And to sliow that tliose })eas did not injure tlie mang'el- 

 wurzel, I may add that I have stored 18 tons of roots per 

 acre. It is important to Lear in mind that the pea which I 

 sowed is remarkahly short in the haidm, not exceeding- 9 

 inches, and also ripens early. If there was much haidm, it 

 is plain that the pea would interfere with, or be injured by, 

 the interstitial crop. On my clay farm, I tried another form 

 of double culture — beans and mangel-wurzel ; the plan pur- 

 sued here was to bunch them, i i'., four holes within a sipiare 

 of 4 inches were made with a dibbling-stick, and four beans 

 inserted ; these little squares were three feet apart every 

 way, but so that the squares in each alternate drill were 

 exactly in the centre of the space between two squares of the 

 contiguous drill. This arrangement secured room for the 

 hoe, the sun, and the wind. 



The cost of these operations stands thus : — 



£ s. d. 

 2 5 pecks of beans for seed . . . . .035 

 Labour for dibbling the beans . . . .050 

 Harvesting them . . . . . .060 



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Produce, four sacks, which ought to have been six sacks but 

 for some farmer's friends in the shape of field-mice, which 

 ate the beans as they were coming- u}). You will observe 

 that I do not charge rent, &c. ag-ainst this, but ag-ainst the 

 jirincipal crop which occupies the g-round. The mang-el- 

 wurzel, in this instance, was very fine, not less than 20 tons 

 ])er acre, testifying- to the harmlessness of the intercalated 

 benns. The mang-el-wurzel seed and manure were also 

 dibbled. I must also beg' your attention to these two 

 s})ecimens of carrot, the one g-rown on my chalk farm, the 

 other grown on clay. They are, as you see, very fine ; they 

 are not fair samples, but picked specimens ; 3'et they belong- 

 to a very good crop, the chalk carrots attaining- 15 tons, the 

 clay carrots 27 tons per acre. I need not tell you that this 

 is a valuable produce. From this case, then, we may learn, 

 that both your chalk and your chiy soils (if well drained) 

 will, with proper culture, yield abundantly this valuable 

 esculent. 



In conclusion, I must refer to the offc-repeated question, — 

 What are your profits ? Now, I have always been able to 

 g-ive the cost and profit on any g-iven crop ; but, from 

 peculiar circumstances, I have a great difficulty in dis- 



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