The Production of Successive Green Crops. 
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Fehrunry. — Same as in January. 
March. — Swede turnips are used from the 16 acres, all the 
cows receiving two feeds per day, with corn purchased by the 
money got for potatoes sold off No. 1. The young cattle get one 
ieed per day, soma of them being out at pasture a few hours per 
day. The horses have a few steamed turnips as before, and the 
^heep a small quantity also. 
April. — Swede turnips continue to be got from the 16 acres, 
all the cows receiving two feeds per day as in March, but the 
young cattle, being out at pasture all day, do not require any, 
nor do the sheep. The horses have a small quantity steamed. 
If the season be early, the Italian rye-grass will be ready towards 
the latter end of this month. 
Eemarks on the above. 
No. 1. Potato or Cabbage System. — I have tried swede turnips, 
mangolds, and cabbages, each singly, in the place of the cabbages 
and potatoes, but they did not answer as well as the present sys- 
tem ; as the cabbages are not of much size before the latter end 
of July, and after that the potato-tops begin to decay, and the 
cabbages, now beginning to spread out their leaves, would cover 
up the potatoes if they were not dug out. I have frequently seen 
the leaves of two cabbages projecting over each other several 
inches when the stems have been 54 inches apart ; and the 
potatoes are readily sold to the workpeople, and realise a good 
price. In getting the potatoes, every alternate drill is dug out 
first ; and in a few days the cabbages will incline over the 
vacant space, just like a tree over a turnpike road. 
No. 2. Spring Tares, ivith Rye and Beans. — I have tried tares 
with oats, but could not keep the crop up ; with the above it will 
stand either rain or wind, and not go down. If the crop did 
go down, it would either have to be consumed at once or made 
into hay, and it would leave a vacancy in the continuous 
supply which could not be filled up. The above crop is too 
heavy and strong to admit of Italian rye-grass being sown in the 
spring. 
No. 3. Italian Rye-grass. — This is an excellent crop, with its 
three or four cuttings, and it is always ready. I have had but 
one failure in this crop during the last seven years, and that was 
caused by my not being able to attend to the sowing at the pro- 
per time. 
No. 4. Winter Tares and Rye. — I have tried tares with wheat, 
but could not keep the crop up ; sown with rye it is sure to 
stand. I have tried swede turnips, and also yellow turnips after 
the tares, but have not succeeded in raising a full crop, as the 
