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and sown at the same time, in the proportion of about one- 

 fourth. Five firlots of the two sorts, or twenty pecks per 

 Scotch acre. 



2. On Loams. 1. Turnips or fallow; 2. Wheat or 

 barley; 3. Clover; 4. Oats; 5. Peas or beans; 6. Wheat. 



This, on its proper soil, is a most productive rotation ; 

 and lands to which it is adapted, will pay the highest 

 rent. It can hardly, however, be long persevered in, ex- 

 cept in very fertile land, assisted by foreign manure. The 

 winter wheat may be sown in spring, after turnips, till the 

 1st of March, and barley afterwards. 



A most intelligent farmer on the Borders, recommends 

 the following rotation on such a soil : 1. Turnips ; 2. 

 Winter wheat sown in spring till the middle of March, 

 and barley after the later-eaten turnips; 3. Seeds, (either 

 clover alone, or clover and rye-grass), with a mixture of a 

 little yellow or hop clover; 4. Oats ; 5. Beans ; 6. Barley or 

 wheat. As wheat after beans, though bulky, is very apt 

 to be coarse in the grain, he thinks that barley ought to 

 be preferred,* giving the ground two or three furrows, 

 which leaves the land in an excellent state for turnips. 

 He finds, that early oats after clover, is invariably, oa all 

 friable soils, the most beneficial crop, producing seldom- 

 less than 6() Winchester bushels per English acre, and 

 much more profitable than wheat, which is so apt to be 

 mildewed. This course divides the crops in a most advan- 

 tageous manner; all the most valuable grains are grown 

 without any two in the same course, except a little barley 

 twice, owing to a part being sown after the late eaten tur- 



* Others prefer wheat, as the crop is a sure one, if the beans have 

 answered ; and it is only on particular soils that the grain is coarse. 

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