129 
The rotation was as follows, which is compared with the 
Limestone rotation : — 
LIMESTONE ROTATION. 
Root 
White 
and 
Crop. 
Green 
Crop. 
Bushels. 
Tons. 
250 
' 800 
50 
600 
i 1500 
300 
Acres. 
99 
Oats 
Clover , 
Rape and Potatoes 
7 tons each... 
Wheat 
Rye and Turnips 
Barley and Carrots 
Buck Wheat .. 
Wheat 
Rye and Turnips.. 
White 
Crop. 
Bushels. 
440 
264 
352 
440 
264 
352 
Difference 
2112 
1500 
612 
Root 
and 
Green 
Crop. 
Tons. 
22 
77 
77 
110 
164 
44 
110 
605 
300 
305 
Manure expended, but collected on the 
farm, 46,200 gallons of urine, and 364 
loads of dung. 
Acres. 
25 
25 
25 
25 'Wheat.. 
100 
Manures expended and bought 
from foreign countries : — 
£. 
Bones 90 
Rape Dust 45 
Ditto 60 
195 
Consequently in the Flemish system there is an increased 
produce of 612 bushels of grain, and 305 tons of roots and 
green crops on the 100 acres, or about one-third more of 
grain, and twice as much of green crops and root, than on 
the limestone. 
The manure expended was 364 loads and 2310 casks of 
20 gallons, or 46,200 gallons ; all of which is produced by 
33 head of cattle. 
To enumerate the advantages of the Flemish system, 
which, if adopted upon the magnesian limestone, would be — 
1. A saving of 30s. per acre now expended on foreign 
manures. 
2. An increased production of nearly 50 per cent, of grain, 
or 100 per cent, of root and green crop per acre, and a pro- 
gressive state of improvement of the soil. 
3. A saving of one-half of the quantity of seed sown : 
the Flemish sow just one-half the quantity that we do, (see 
