Light-Land Farming. 
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Allowing 50 tons of straw, as before, for fodder and litter to 
horses, there remain 300 tons of straw to be consumed alonf? 
with 1520 tons of roots, or 1 t(m of straw to every 5 tons of roots, 
or 20 lbs. of the one to 100 lbs. of the other, which is sufficient 
with care and attention. The duns: made from these materials 
will be nearly 1350 tons ; and if to tliis we add that of the horses, 
estimated at 8 tons each for 12 horses = 96 tons, the whole 
amount will be 1 44G tons, or upwards of 2000 cubic yards. 
Comparing the money-value of the two systems, the result 
will stand thus : — • 
Four- Course Rotation. 
120 tons of turnips, after deducting seed, 4/. per acre £480 0 0 
I'iO acres oC barley, at 4 qrs. per acre, 480 qrs. . . G3'J 0 0 
40 ,, hay and for soilin<r, at 5/ 200 0 0 
60 „ fed oti; 2/. . . " 120 0 0 
120 ,, wheat, 3i qrs., after deducting seed, at 45s. 877 10 0 
£2309 10 0 
Six- Course. 
£384 
80 
1} 
barley, at qrs. 3G0 qrs. 2Cs. 
468 
40 
J) 
hay and soiling, 6/. 10s. Ad. 
2()0 
40 
») 
120 
80 
) » 
wheat, 31 qrs. 280 qrs, 45s. 
630 
40 
mangold, at hi. 10s 
220 
20 
'J 
100 
20 
)i 
pease, at 3 qrs. per acre, 60 qrs. 
90 
80 
?) 
oats, 5^ qrs. 440 qrs. at 20s. , 
440 
£2712 
No one who has tried the two systems will think that the com- 
parison made above is too favourable to the six-course rotation. 
It is possible that the produce may be estimated too high in 
both ciises, but the relative proportions will be found on trial to 
be tolerably correct. The great merits of the six-course are its 
giving greater scope for making manure, and consequently a 
greater fertility of soil, together with the longer period between 
the crops of turnips and of clover, thus avoiding fingers and toes 
in the former and sickness in the latter. The expense of culti- 
vation is not greatly different, as in both cases we have the same 
number of acres in root crops. 
The cultivation of the different crops on sandy land need not 
be detailed at any great length here, as these may be gathered 
from what has already been said when treating of chalky and 
whinstone soils. A few words, therefore, on each of the divisions 
will be sufficient. 
Turnip Crop. — On these sandy soils the greatest enemy we 
