On  the  Farming  of  Sussex. 
70 
Arable 
l)mvn  Pasture 
No.  4.— Farm  240  Acres. 
Acres. 
Acres. 
£. 
S. 
(l. 
160 
20 
2 
6 
Sainfoin  . • 
06 
13 
0 
80 
26 
2 
6 
Barley  or  part  1 
wheat  ./ 
0 
0 
0 
240 
20 
2 
6 
Seeds  to  pasture 
66 
13 
0 
M— -1 
20 
2 
6 
Ditto  ditto  . 
44 
8 
0 
26 
2 
6 
Oats 
0 
0 
0 
26 
2 
6 
Fallow  . . 
66 
13 
0 
80 
0 
0 
Sheep  pasture  . 
32 
0 
0 
240 
270 
7 
0 
These  calculations  are  proffered  also  for  the  encouragement  ol 
increased  cultivation,  founded  on  practical  experience  and  obser- 
vation; and  with  reference  to  the  No.  4 system  being  so  much 
the  best,  I have  no  doubt  of  the  proportionally  increased  number  of 
sheep,  that  it  will  keep  in  the  flock,  being  also  of  at  least  35.  per 
head  improved  value.  No  Down  flockmaster  can  farm  certainly 
well  without  sainfoin,  it  being  a safeguard  for  winter  provision 
and  summer  condition,  taking  also  into  consideration  the  often 
serious  loss  of  other  seed-plants,  particularly  clover,  on  light 
lands,  which  arises  generally  from  its  being  sown  too  frequently, 
and  from  the  previously  exhausted  state  of  the  land.  No  seeds 
should  consequently  be  sown  either  to  mow  or  feed  but  in  the 
first  crop  of  corn  manured  for,  and  no  red  clover  but  once  in 
eight  years  to  mow,  or  any  for  feeding.  One  example  of  several 
that  I have  been  employed  in  will  serve  to  support  my  opinions 
on  this  subject ; it  consisted  of  100  acres  of  old  sown  land. 
Former  State. 
Acres. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
Improved  State. 
Acres.  £, 
s. 
d. 
25  Wheat 
0 
0 
0 
25  Wheat  . 
. 0 
0 
0 
25  Seeds  . 
62 
10 
0 
25  Seeds  . . 
. 62 
10 
0 
25  Corn 
0 
0 
0 
25  Com 
. 0 
0 
0 
25  Fallow  for  rape  . . 
62 
10 
0 
25  Fallow 
. 62 
10 
0 
25  Down  pasture  . . 
12 
10 
0 
25  Sainfoin 
. 62 
10 
0 
Former  produce  . 
137 
10 
0 
£ 187 
10 
6 
Former  state 
. 137 
10 
0 
Improved  return  £ 50 
0 
0 
This  exhibits  a benefit  of  8s.  per  acre,  independent  of  the  rest 
given  to  the  old  sown  land  ; and  on  this  latter  point  I must 
remark,  that  any  extraordinary  crops  I happened  to  grow  were 
always  to  be  attributed  to  the  rest  the  land  had,  and  not  to  extra 
cultivation  or  manuring  ; for  example,  60  bushels  of  wheat  per 
acre  on  land  rested  in  lucerne,  54  bushels  of  wheat  per  acre  after 
two  years  fallow,  52  ditto  rested  in  sainfoin,  50  ditto  from  fresh 
broken  down,  and  10  and  12  quarters  oats  per  acre  rested  in 
