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Appendix, No. 12. 



CULTIVATION OF AN ESTATE BELONGING TO 

 BARON , DIVIDED INTO FOUR FARMS. 



The Estate of , belonging to Baron , consists of 



nearly 10,000 Berlin morgen, about 6,300 English acres, of which 

 6,000 morgen is arable land, 200 meadow, 2,000 woods, and the 

 remainder barren heaths and sandy poor soil, not worth ploughing 

 without manure. 



The good arable land is managed in four farms. 



1st Farm, 



1,800 morgen, or 1,200 acres, of a good loamy soil is cultivated 

 in a nine years' rotation, as follow : 



1st Year, a summer fallow manured. 



2nd ,, Wheat and Rye, with Clover, sowed in the March 



or April following. 

 3rd Clover, gypsumed in the spring ; cut twice for hay. 



4th 

 5th 

 6th 

 7th 



8th 

 9th 



Clover pastured, broken up in October. 



Potatoes. 



Barley. 



Half fallow, part drilled beans, of which some are 



cut green, and part Vetches for soiling. 

 Wheat and Rye. 

 Barley and Oats. 



200 Morgen of Meadow, and 45 morgens of grass inclosures, 

 for mares and foals. 



This farm has a flock of a thousand sheep. 



2nd Farm, 



700 Morgens of good loamy soil in a six years' rotation. 

 1st Year, a summer fallow. 

 2nd Wheat and Rye. 

 3rd Barley and Oats, sowed with Clover. 

 4th, 5th, and 6th, pastured. 



A flock of 1,000 sheep. 



