126 MARCH* 



Cocksfoot, Yorkshire white, 



Timothy, White clover, 



and a small quantity of trefoil. If sown alone, 

 the quantities are : cocksfoot, four bushels ; York- 

 white, two bushels ; Timothy, 61b. ; white clover, 

 lOlb. ; trefoil, lOlb. but a mixture may be better. 

 In a Prize Essay sent to the Board of Agriculture, 

 the following remark deserves attention : 



This is not an uncommon system in Rutland- 

 shire, and is a very profitable one. By loams 

 lying in grass, and being well-covered with sheep, 

 they are prepared in the best manner for corn, and 

 it is the same on fen and peat lands. The follow- 

 ing is a proper course : 



A On soils inclinable to moisture, On drier land, 



or of good fertility. 



1. Oats, 1. White pease and 



2. Turnips, turnips, 



3. Barley, 2. Barley, 



4. Clover, or winter 3. Clover, 



tares, 4. Wheat, 



5. Wheat, 5. Turnips, 

 >. Turnips, 6. Barley, 



7. Barley, 7. Grass for three 



8. Grass for three, four, years. 



or five years. 



Such husbandry must keep land in a constant state- 

 of fertility. 



This alternate husbandry appears to be well un- 

 derstood in Northumberland. " By means of 

 three years grasses depastured with sheep, the land 



will 



