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to debar its growth. I approve very much of Mr. 
Lucas’s idea after the growth of seed clover, which, 
however, should never be upon a second mowing. 
Clover for seed should be grazed to the end of the first 
week in June, should then be fenced up, and the field 
dressed over ; when mown and harvested, to prevent 
exhausting the land, if it be too heavy for turnips, then 
fallow for barley with manure, and lay to grass with 
red and white clover, trefoil, and ray grass, and graze 
for two or three years ; but if fit for turnips they will 
of course be sown, and barley and seeds may succeed 
as before. 
The true system of Agriculture for the good of the 
community at large, is that wherein corn and live stock 
are made subservient to each other, and in which the 
greatest quantity of both is raised for the food and em¬ 
ployment of mankind; a mere corn farm without use¬ 
ful live stock would be slavery, and a grazing farm 
without corn may be termed the luxury of agriculture ; 
grain is so necessary for the support of mankind, and 
a given quantity of land will support so much greater 
a population than at grass, that it demands the first 
consideration. But the introduction of live stock to 
fertilize the land and increase the produce of grain 
is of the highest importance ; every system of cropping 
which tends to beggar and exhaust the soil is to be 
condemned ; grain is occasionally so scarce, that 
no system, that tends to lessen the quantity of pro¬ 
duce, ought to be approved. 
In a further tour through the county, in 1807, I had 
an opportunity of further observation and information 
on courses of crops, and therefore beg leave to add as 
follows:— 
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