Farming of Nor thamptonsl tire. 



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There is a great variety of sorts, but the Duston Reds, Early 

 Shaw, Pink-Eyed, Kidney, Purple, and Farmers' Cilory, ;ire the 

 kinds principally grown. 



Carrots are grown on some of the deep sandy land around 

 Northampton, principall}- for sale, by small occupiers. 1 saw a 

 few acres growing in a field at Eydon, in the occupation of the 

 Rev. F. Clarke. Mr. J. Beggs, of Desborough, has also been a 

 very successful grower of carrots, but they are not cultivated 

 throughout the Red Land district to any considerable extent. 



The average yield of corn on this description of land may be 

 estimated at 32 bushels of wheat, 44 bushels of barley, and 4S 

 bushels of oats, per acre. 



On the Management of the Heavy Soils, including " Gravelhj, 

 Limestone, and 3Iixed Clageg,^^ and the Stiff Clag Soils. 



These soils, for tbe greater part, come under the same system of 

 cultivation, with some little alteration in various localities accord- 

 ing to the natural capabilities of the soil, aided, as they may be, 

 by superior cultivation. I have, therefore, classed them together, 

 considering that I shall carry out more effectually the design of 

 this Essay by giving an outline of the general system of farming, 

 than by merely giving accounts of individual systems, or private 

 experiments relative to cultivation. 



As the most prevailing system, I shall place the four-course 

 first : — 



fist Year — Fallow. 

 2nd „ Wheat. 



No. 1. 



3rd ,, Oiie-eiohth beans, one-eighth clover. 



Uth Wheat, barley, or oats. 



Or the following : — 



1 1st Year — Fallow. 



No 2 J^"^ " Barley. 



■ ' 1 3rd One-eighth beans, one-eighth clover. 



1 4th Wheat. 



In some districts the following five-course system is adopted : — 



ilst Year — -Fallow. 

 2nd ,, Barley. 

 3rd „ Clover. 

 4th Wheat. 

 5th ,, Beans or oats. 



Many occupiers of good arable land, with an extra supply of ma- 

 nure, will take the six-course, as follows : — 



No. 4. 



1st Year 



— Fallow. 



2nd „ 



Barley. 



■3rd 



Clover. 



4th „ 



Wheat. 



5th „ 



Beans, manure 



cGth „ 



Wheat. 



