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the courfe of fix fhifts ought to be ftrictly adhered 

 to ; and there is fomething very rational in this fix- 

 Vourfe hufbandry upon a light foil, for though the 

 exhaufting and fertilizing crops, do not follow al- 

 ternately, as in the four-courfe fhift, yet there is an 

 equal number of each obferved in the rotation. I 

 think, however, in the very light parts of the coun- 

 ty, that a feven-courfe fhift would be an improve- 

 ment, but I do not mean by letting the land remain 

 three years laid, as fame have recommended, be- 

 caufe the Norfolk land does not yield much profit 

 from grafs feeds after the firft year : but I would 

 rather recommend the following courfe : — wheat, 

 vetches, barley, buck, turnips, barley, clover (b) ; 

 this would keep the turnips and clover crops at 

 fuch a diflance, that there would be no fear of their 

 fuccefs ; and, as the buck might be confidered as a 

 neutral crop, the alternate advantage would not,, in 

 fact, be loft in its good effecl:. I believe too, that 

 by means, of the vetches, which might be fed off 

 the whole fummer, more ftock would be kept on 

 very light land, than from the prefent fix- courfe 

 fhift;, and where a flock is kept, it never can be 

 employed fo well, as in penning upon this fort of 

 light land, as foon as the wheat or rye be fown, 

 efpecially if the fowing be upon one ploughing ; in. 

 fuch cafe, it is be ft to begin rather early, and 

 fow by degrees, as many ridges each time, as the 

 breadth of the fold will cover. 



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