

12O GRASSES FOR ALTERNATE HUSBANDRY. [MARC 



bandry to sow trefoil, with a portion of white 

 clover and ray-grass, with intention of leaving it 

 two years. Six pound of trefoil, four of white 

 clover, and half a bushel of ray, are common quan- 

 tities. These are for sheep-feed. 

 WHITE CLOVER. 



A very profitable article of cultivation, which has 

 of late years been particularly attended to in Suf- 

 folk and in Essex, is that of white clover alone for* 

 seed. The first growth (contrary to the case with 

 red clover) is seeded. Some take a spring feeding 

 first. The returns depend, of course, on the price, 

 which varies much, but it has proved a very pro- 

 fitable article, yielding from 7l. to 151. an acre. 

 Wheat succeeds well after it. 



GRASSES FOR ALTERNATE HUSBANDRY. 



Upon impoverished worn-out lands, and others 

 ill-treated by bad management, and over-cropping 

 with white corn, there is no better system than 

 that of the alternate husbandry of corn and grass 

 for sheep-feeding. Such lands are much recruited 

 by these means, and will, after a term of years, 

 surprize their occupier by the superior corn-crops, 

 which five or six, or even four years sheep-feeding 

 will enable them to give. They should, however, 

 be got into clean order. The course : 



1. Turnips, 



2. Barley, 



3. Grasses for 4, 5, or 6 years, 



4. Beans or pease, 



5. Wheat, 



will in one round improve them much. The ob- 



