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him best. This will very much depend on his soil. 

 Warn> fn.vr.rd sands yield as many oi ! ;ar- 



ley, 3, a<; of oats; but upon \.-rioiis other 



soils, the produce of oats, compared \\'i I, tnat. of 

 barley, will be as four to three, and on some ri flv ^ 

 to three. He should also take into consideration, the 

 greater steadiness of price which oats have for n 

 years yielded, in comparison of the price of barley ; 

 circumstances which may reasonably induce him to 

 sow them in a larger proportion than is common 

 among his neighbours. On the other hand, it is 

 not to be forgotten that they exhaust more, as I 

 have just observed. 



OATS ON LAYS. 



It is very common husbandry to put in oats on 

 one ploughing of old grass, and on layers of shorter 

 .:ion. The method is, to plough the laud be- 

 fore the frosts, and to dibble in the spring, as soon 

 as the weather is dry enough ; but iht.* sod must, 

 from its nature, or from rolling, be in such temper 

 as to permit the holes to stand, and not to moulder 

 in, when the dibble is removed. In some < 

 the safe way is, to plough, roll, and dibble i:; 

 diately. But in very many cases (possibly in all), 

 it is better to put pease in on light land, beans o t 

 stiff soils, and to follow these with oats or wheat, 

 according to circumstances. I have known o 

 which had produced inferior crops, followed b) 

 again the next year, and produce largely, 

 proved that they wanted tilth. Pease or b; an 



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