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remain behind the serfs of Tuscany, the tenants of 

 England, or the peasants of Flanders. But, to rival 

 these, we must follow their example ; we must mul- 

 tiply the means of subsisting cattle ; because these 

 will, in their turn, give manures, and manures will 

 quicken and invigorate the soil for the production 

 of articles of the greatest value and the highest 

 price. It is on this simple basis that we offer the 

 following tables of rotation of crops, adapted to our 

 own circumstances : 



Medium course in sandy soils: 1st year, potatoes 

 dunged ; 2d, rye, with turnips after harvest consu- 

 med on the fields ; 3d, oats and clover, or barley 

 and clover ; 4th, clover ; 5th, wheat, with turnips 

 after harvest consumed on the field ; and, 6th, pease, 

 or lupines, or lentils. We have, by this course, 

 eight crops in six years, and five of these ameliora- 

 ting crops. 



Medium course in loamy soils : 1st year, pota- 

 toes dunged ; 2d, wheat, with turnips as in the pre- 

 ceding course ; 3d, Indian corn and pumpkins ; 4th, 

 barley and clover ; 5th, clover ; 6th, wheat and tur- 

 nips as before. In this course we have nine crops 

 in six years, five of which are ameliorating crops. 



Medium course in clay soils ; 1st year, oats with 

 clover ; 2d, clover ; 3d, wheat ; 4th, beans dunged ; 

 5th, wheat ; 6tb, the yellow vetchling. 



CHAPTER IX. 



OF THE PLANTS RECOMMENDED FOR A COURSE OF CROPS 

 IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTER, AND THEIR CULTURE. 



THESE are wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, oats, 

 buckwheat, pease, beans, turnips, potatoes, cabba- 



