172 On ihe liolalions of Crops on Heavy Lands. 
to admit the horsc-hoc, and the beans should be kept as clean as 
possible. The winter-beans coming early to harvest are generally 
carried before the haulm is much injured by the weather, conse- 
quently sheep will cat it (i.e. the haulm) with avidity, if given to 
them in a yard at some part of the day whilst feeding off turnips 
and rape : this I have practised for some years, and found it par- 
ticularly wholesome for the sheep. 
I must he allowed to repeat, that in this rotation such crops 
have been excluded as require the land to be ploughed early in 
the spring, when it is most injured by the treading of cattle, such 
as oats and spring beans ; and such are introduced as are least 
exhausting to the soil and best calculated to render it more friable, 
such as tares, clover, and beans ; and my own experience assures 
me that by it is afforded such an abundance of food for cattle as 
will insure an ample supply of manure to keep up, or rather in- 
crease the fertility of the soil. 
Berwick, near Lewes, Sussex, 
XIV. — Report to ihe Llonotn-able Robert Clive, M.P., on his 
Improvements by Draininy and Subsoil - Ploiiyhiny. By 
Richard White. 
[Continued from Journal, vol. il. p. 353.] 
Sir, — In following up the continuation of my report of thorough- 
draining and subsoil-ploughing, together with the crops upon the 
farm in your own occupation from October, 1841, I beg leave to 
state that the draining and subsoil-ploughing are first staled and 
added to the former abstract; and that other remarks follow, 
beginning with the number and acreage of each piece. 
A. n. p. £. s. d. 
No. 10.— 9 0 8. .C/660 yards. This field is a stiff clay 
loam, and much alike in the surface and subsoil ; the 
drains are 15 feet apart: a two-years' ley. Drained 
in the spring of 1841, broken up and summer-fal- 
lowed, a little manure applied, and wheat sown in 
autumn. For cutting open, putting in the stone, 
breaking, and filling in the drains, at \d. per yard . 41 10 0 
Raising 500 yards of stone at 5cZ. per yard . , 0 10 8 
Carting ditto to drains about of mile, 5 horses, 10 
days, at 15>y. per day . , . , . 7 10 0 
Filling 500 yards of stone into carts, at \\d. . , 2 14 2 
Subsoil-ploughing, 9 acres, at 21^. per acre • . 9 9 0 
^'71 11 2 
Per acre , £7 14 6 
