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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 ; 3d, 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; 

 th, wheat ; 6th, the yellow vetchlkig. 



CHAPTER DL 



OP THE PLANTS RECOMMENDED FOR A COURSE OP CROPS 

 IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTER, AND THEIR CULTURE. 



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

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



