AGRICULTURE. 
can bear them in long and uninterrupted 
succession. And, on the other hand, without 
the interposition of them among leguminous 
crops, the soil in which the latter grow would 
by their loosening quality become deficient 
in the tenacity which is necessary for vege- 
tation. Some crops are rendered valuable 
chiefly from their preparation for others, 
that are more valuable,, of a different kind. 
The husbandmen of a former age sowed fre- 
quently in succession that species of grain 
which they wished to possess abundantly : 
whereas, by this practice their object was 
often, at length, completely defeated. And 
if wheat, oats, or barley, were for a certain 
period sown in the same field, the land 
would eventually, and that in no long time, 
scarcely return the seed which was put 
into it 
That rotation is admitted to be best which 
enriches the land with abundant manure, 
preserves it best from weeds, pulverizes the 
soil most effectually when it is too tenacious, 
and binds it most completely where it is 
naturally too open. As a general rule, those 
who are engaged in agriculture cannot, with 
a view to these purposes, have the impor- 
tance of providing food for large quantities 
of cattle too repeatedly and emphatically 
recommended to them. Indeed by attend- 
ing to this circumstance, larger quantities of 
grain are produced than by any other mode, 
while that produce of the land which con- 
sists of milk, butter, cheese, butcher’s meat, 
and other articles connected with cattle, is 
nearly so much clear gain. Grass prepares 
a turf, which when broken up constitutes 
the most valuable of all known manures. 
Turnips, cabbages, beans, peas, and a va- 
riety of other similar food for cattle, supply 
admirable opportunities for cleaning and 
pulverizing the soil by repeated hoeings; 
the close covering which they bestow on 
the land, smothers those weeds which the 
hoe does not destroy, and they leave the 
land, besides, in a state of increased and 
great fertility. Certain exceptions to the 
necessity of rearing cattle may undoubtedly 
occur, as, near towns and cities, the easy 
accessibility of dung will supersede very 
considerable preparation of it on the pre- 
mises. Lands also may possibly be so rich 
ns to require neither cattle nor sheep, and 
like some which are said to lie near the 
river Garonne, in France, might produce 
even hemp or wheat in perpetuity. Certain 
crops, moreover, may happen to be in such 
particular demand, as to make it desirable to 
cultivate them by fallow, and not for cattle 
or sheep. These exceptions can never inter, 
fere with the general rule as such, that that 
farm will be most productive and profitable, 
in respect to grain, on which is kept the 
greatest quantity of sheep and cattle. Two 
crops of white corn ought never to be pro- 
duced from a field in immediate succession. 
In reference to several varieties of soil, it 
may be useful to give a succession of crops 
which has been recommended by a gentle- 
man of considerable judgment and experi- 
ence. It should be observed that on this 
plan the crops must be all particularly well 
hoed, and kept properly clean ; and that the 
turnips, peas, and beans, must be put in 
double rows, on three feet ridges ; the cab- 
bages in single rows of three feet ridges. 
Clay. 
Clayey-loams. 
Turnips or 
cabbages 
Turnips or 
cabbages 
Oats 
Oats 
Beans and clover 
Clover 
Wheat 
Wheat 
Turnips or 
cabbages 
Turnips or cabbages 
Oats 
Barley 
Beans and vetches 
Beans 
Wheat 
Wheat 
Rich loams and sandy loams. Peat earth. 
Turnips &po- Beans 
Turnips 
Turnips 
tatoes 
Barley 
Bailey 
Barley 
Bailey 
Peas 
Clover 
Clover 
Clover 
AFheat 
Wheat 
Wheat 
Wheat 
Adinfm. Potatoes 
Potatoes 
Beans 
Barley 
Barley 
Barley 
Peas 
Peas 
Peas 
Wheat 
Wheat 
Wheat 
Chalky sub 
stratum. 
Gravels. 
Light lands. 
Turnips 
Turnips 
Turnips 
Barley 
Barley 
Barley 
Clover 
Clover 
Clover and rye-grass 
Wheat 
Wheat 
Clover and rye-grass 
Potatoes 
Potatoes 
Clover and rye-grass 
Barley 
Barley 
Peas 
Peas 
Peas 
Wheat or 
rye 
Wheat 
Wheat 
REAPING AND STORING. 
In converting artificial grasses into hay 
the method should be different from that 
used with natural ones. They should for a 
day or two lie in swath, after which, being 
carefully turned, they should remain for a 
day or two longer : by which easy and sim- 
ple process the hay is, in good weather, suf- 
ficiently made. After remaining two days 
in cocks, these should be carted to the 
stack. 
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