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On the Rotation of Crops. 



Note by the Rev. W. L. Rham. 



The following rotation, which has been adopted, and religiously 

 adhered to, in the neighbourhood of Lille, before any of the pre- 

 sent generation were born, is given in the notes to the last edition 

 of the ^ Theatre d' Agriculture ' of Olivier de Serres, p. 184; 

 published at Paris in 1804. 



The quantity of land is 15 bonniers (about 60 acres); each 

 bonnier is divided into 16 cents : each cent is, consequently, 

 nearly J of an English acre. 



ROTATIONS OF CROPS FOR FOUR YEARS. 



First Year. 



Bon. Cent. 



0 12 Colsa plants 



0 6 Turnips 



0 6 Cow cabbage 



4 8 Wheat 



1 0 Clover 

 0 8 Flax 



2 8 Colsa 

 0 8 Beans 



1 8 Oats 



0 Rye & Tares 

 8 Rye 



8 Winter barley 

 8 Clover 

 4 Potatoes 

 2 Beet root 

 2 carrots 



15 



Second Year. 



Son. Cent. 



1 8 Oats 



0 Tares . 

 8 Rye j 

 8 Winter barley )> 

 8 Clover J 

 4 Potatoes | 

 2 Beet root I 

 2 Carrots ( 

 12 Colsa plants ^ 

 6 Turnips I 

 6 Cow cabbage] 



4 8 Wheat 



0 Clover 

 8 Flax 



8 Colsa 



0 8 Beans 



15 



Third Year. 



1 Clover 

 8 Flax 



2 8 Colsa 



0 8 Beans 



8 Oats 



0 Tares 

 8 Rye 



8 Winter barley 

 8 Clover 

 4 Potatoes . 

 2 Beet root I 

 2 Carrots J 

 12 Colsa plants i 

 6 Turnips > 

 6 Cow cabbage J 



4 8 Wheat 



Fourth Year. 



Bon. Cent. 



4 8 Wheat 



1 0 Clover 

 0 8 Flax 



Colsa 



0 8 Beans 



1 



8 Oats J 



r 1 



0 Tares 



0 



8 Rye 



0 



8 Winter barley 



0 



8 Clover 



0 



4 Potatoes 



0 



2 Beet root 



0 



2 Carrots 



0 



12 Colsa plants 



0 



6 Turnips 



0 



6 Cow cabbage 



15 



See also 



the rotations in < Outlines of Flemish Husbandry,' p. 25. 



