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' After this brief statement of the past ian present 
state of home agriculture, let us anticipate the fu- 
ture. We cannot believe, that favored as we are 
with a temperate climate, with a productive soil, 
with an enquiring, reflecting and independent yeo- 
menry, and with civil institutions which favor and 
protect all the developements of industry and ge- 
nius, we shall long remain behind the serfs of Tus- 
cany, the tenants of England, or the peasants of 
Flanders. But to rival these, we must follow their 
example; we must multiply the means of subsisting 
catile; because these will, in their turn, give ma- 
nures, and manures will quicken and invigorate the 
soil for the production of articles of the greatest 
value and the highest price. It is on this simple 
basis that we offer the following tables of rotation 
of crops, adapted to our own circumstances. 
‘Medium course in sandy soils: Ist year, potatoes 
dunged ; 2d, rye, with turnips after haryest consu- 
med on the fields; 3d, oats and clover, or barley and 
clover ; 4th, clover ; 5th, wheat, with turnips after 
harv ipa consumed on the field; and 6th, peas, or lu- 
pins, or lentils. We have, by this course, etght crops 
in siw years, and five of these ameliorating crops. 
Medium course in loamy soils; Ist year, potatoes 
dunged; 2d year, wheat, with turnips as in the pre- 
ceding course ; 3d year, Indian corn and pumpkins ; 
Ath year, barley and clover; 5th year, clover; 6th 
year, wheat and turnips as bofore. In this course 
we have nine crops in six years—five of which are 
ameliorating crops. And, 
