19^ Course of crops. 



Sir MoRD AUNT Martin's course is a five-shitc : 



1. Turnips, 6. Turnips, 



2. Barley, 7. Barley, 



3. Clover, 8. Trefoil and ray, 



4. Wheat, 9. Pease, 



5- Potatoes, mangel wur- 10. Potatoes, mangel wur- 

 zcl, or vetches, &cc. zel, vetches^ &c. 



Mr. Overman, of Burnham, has found, from many 

 observations, that pease do not succeed well if sown 

 oftener than once in twelve years. Where he has known 

 them return in six or eight years, they have never done 

 well. 



Mr. Overman ploughed up a layer of four years, and 

 drilled wheat on it. Then ploughed for winter tares. 

 Ploughed the stubble once for a second crop of wheats 

 which I viewed : a very fine produce, and as clean as a 

 garden. Three crops of great profit on only three plougli- 

 ings, and yet the land kept perfedly clean. Not a little 

 resulting from four years sheep feeding without folding 

 from it. 



His common course : 



1. Turnips, 8. Barley, 



2. Barley, 9. 10. Seeds two years> 



3. 4. 5. Seeds three years, 11. Pease, 



6. Wheat, 12. Wheat. 



7. Turnips, 



But with the variation of having part of the twelfth 

 under pease on the three years layer, and also some tares. 

 1 iiis course is partly founded on tlie experience of pease 

 not doing well, if sown oftener than once in twelve years. 



Mr. Coke : 



1. Turnips, 4 .Seeds, 



2. Barley, drilled at 6^ inc. 5. Wheat, drilled at 9 inc. 



3. Seeds, 6. Turnips, 



7. Barley, 



