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into lands. In the spring, the barley is drilled in rows of 

 eight inches — not leaving any space for furrow — and the 

 clover and rye-grass is sown up, and then across the lands. 



"As soon in May as the weather permits, and the sun 

 is sufficiently powerful to kill weeds, the scarifier is set 

 to work, succeeded by a strong harrow ; and having by 

 these operations obtained cleanliness, the first favorable 

 weather is made use of to sow Swedish turnips ; or, 

 should they fail, they are succeeded by white turnips, and 

 in the event of a further miscarriage, coleseed is sown. 

 With these, and the assistance of about ten loads of clo- 

 ver, and ten weeks' run on pasture in bad weather, 500 

 sheep are now kept on the farm, but lie enclosed at night 

 in a spacious and well-littered yard. The fodder pro- 

 duced by straw and clover-hay supports from forty to fifty 

 head of cattle, and nine working horses are kept, which 

 are soiled during the entire summer : thus so large a 

 quantity of dung is made that no manure is purchased. 



" In this manner 200 acres are ploughed between har- 

 vest and Christmas, besides the cartage of dung and other 

 odd jobs on the farm ; but this is easily performed with 

 the aid of the grubber, and the land being entirely 

 ploughed in the winter, there is only the sowing of Lent 

 corn to execute in the spring : the horses are therefore 

 put upon green food, by which a considerable saving is 

 made in the consumption of corn. Many other details 

 of management are given in Mr. Greg's pamphlet, which 

 is brief and well worthy of attention, but which w^e refrain 

 from enumerating, as we only meant to call attention to the 

 extraordinary statement which it contains, of such a system 

 of culture having been so successfully pursued upon land 

 of that nature, as to yield an average, during six years, 

 of the following crops, namely : 



Per acre. 

 Wheat, ..... 25 bushels. 



Barley, 40 " 



Beans, 35 " 



Peas, 30 '' 



Clover, twice cut, ... 2 tons. 



Thus, after the deduction of rent and the interest of 



