533 
HDSB 
Course XXXIV. £. s. d. 
i Potatoes 98 buthels - -290 
а. Beans 3 qrs. 1 peck - - 4 a 9 
3. Turnips 4 tons - - <3 16 o 
4. Cabbages 5! tons - -176 
5. Beans 3 qrs. - - 440 
б. Wheat a qrs. 6 bufliels - 600 
Per annum 
iS 17 
3 7 
3 
10 
x. Potatoes 
Course XXXV. 
100 bufliels - •<- 
2 10 
0 
a. Barley 
4 qrs. 6 bufliels 3 pecks 
5 6 
10 
3. Turnips 
4 tons 
0 1 6 
0 
4. Barley 
4 qrs. 
4 10 
0 
5. Beans 
3 qrs. 
4- 2 
0 
6. Wheat 
3 qrs- 
6 10 
0 
Per annum 
3 3 14 
3 19 
10 
1 
1. Potatoes 
Course XXXVI. 
100 bufliels 
2 IO 
0 
2. Wheat 
2 qrs. 6 bufliels 
6 0 
0 
3. Turnips 
4 tons 
016 
0 
4. Wheat 
2 qrs. 7 bufliels z-i pecks 
6 8 
0 
5. Beans 
2 qrs. 6 bufliels 
3 16 
0 
6. Wheat 
2 qrs, 6 bufliels 
6 0 
0 
25 10 
0 
Per annum 
4 5 
0 
On thefe three courfes it is obferved, that the firff 
(hows Hill more fully the effects of potatoes and cabbages. 
The fecond alfo fhows, that while the turf of newly- 
broke-up grounds is in a Hate of decay, fpring-corn fuc- 
ceeds well after potatoe-crops. It likewife proves that 
three grain-crops may be grown in fix years, without the 
ioil being greatly exhauffed, where proper care and at¬ 
tention is paid to the nature of the crops that are inter- 
poled between them. Thus, from the numerous faffs and 
obfervations which have been Hated above, we may be 
enabled to comprehend more clearly the nature and prin¬ 
ciples of the modern fyffem of cropping land, or the art 
of properly regulating the courfes of crops 5 by which, 
long experience has now fatisfaftorily demonftrated, that 
ground may be preferved in a tolerable Hate of heart 
with a confiderably lefs fupply of manure than under 
other circumllances. 
It has been Hated by a late writer, in his “ SyHern of 
Practical Hufbandry,” that the injurious confequences of 
cropping land with grain, and other kinds of crops, which 
exhaufi it in a high degree, may probably be prevented 
in the bed manner on the more Hiff and retentive forts of 
land, whether of the clayey or loamy kinds, by the in- 
terpofing of bean and clover or tare-crops between them ; 
as the experiments detailed above have lliown the former 
to poffefs the power of ameliorating the condition of iuch 
foils, and the latter feems not lefs calculated for the fame 
purpofe, as it is known to grow well on thefe forts of 
land ; and on thofe of a more light and dry quality, whe¬ 
ther landy, or of a gravelly nature, the intermixing of 
turnip, pea, and other crops of the fame fort with thofe 
of corn may be equally fuccel'sful. In many cafes, efpe- 
cially on the more heavy kinds of foil, it may be highly 
beneficial to take two green crops for one of grain. 
This, it is remarked, is a practice that the refults of the 
trials, juH detailed, place in an advantageous point of 
view, and which has extended it fell over a confiderable 
tra6t of country, with great fuccefs. 
Various rules have been laid down by writers on huf¬ 
bandry for regulating and proportioning the different 
forts of crops to different kinds off foil. In the “ Agri¬ 
cultural Survey of the County of Middlefex,” the follow¬ 
ing are advifed as the moff fuitable under the different 
circumllances and cafes of foils : viz. For the bef. forts 
of land, alternate green and white crops. For thole of a 
A N D R Y. 
full medium quality, three green crops for two of the grain 
or white kind. For ordinary land, two of the green for 
one of the corn kind. And, for the worff or moff ex¬ 
hauffed, as downs and fheep-walks, three green crops for 
one of the white or grain kind. Thefe may be arranged 
as belovr to a Hill greater number of green crops. 
Course. I. Alternate Green and White Crops. —1. Tur¬ 
nips. 2. Barley. 3. Clover. 4. Wheat. 
Course II. Two Green Crops to one of Grain. —1. Corn, 
or peafe. 2. Clover, or beans. 3. Peafe, or corn. 
Course III. Three Green Crops to one of Grain. —1. Corn, 
a. Clover. 3. Tares, or peafe. 4. Turnips, or beans. 
Which affords four crops in three years. 
Course IV. Four Green Crops to one of Grain. —1. Tares. 
2. Potatoes, or cole, for fheep-feed. 3. Turnips. 4. Corn. 
5. Clover. Which affords five crops in four years. 
Course V. Five Green Crops to one of Grain. — 1. Peafe. 
2. Beans. 3. Corn. 4. Clover. 5. 'Fares. 6. Turnips. 
Which affords fix crops in five years. 
It is fuggelted, that by cropping in thefe ways and 
proportions, the land may be kept perfectly clean from 
weeds, and in a high Hate of cultivation ; and that un¬ 
der fuch a i’yffem it might be continued in a perpetual 
Hate of tillage, with a conffant fucceffion of large pro- 
dufts. And that in addition, the farmer would be more 
certain of obtaining plentiful returns tor his labour, ex- 
pence, and exertion. The variations of courfes which 
are capable of being made ufe of under different Hates 
and lituatiens of land are very numerous, but the follow¬ 
ing are generally allowed to be the beff. 
I. On Jirong wet Soil, where a Fallow is intended. 
Course. 
Course. 
1. Fallow, 
or 1. Fallow. 
2. Barley, 
2. Barley. 
3. Beans, 
3. Clover. 
4. Wheat, 
4. Beans. 
5. Tares, 
5. Wheat. 
6. Barley, 
6. Cabbages. 
7. Clover, 
7. Oats. 
8. Beans, 
8. Tares. 
0. Wheat, 
9. Barley. 
e moff improved practice in thefe cafes 
the fallow be the preparation for the firff corn-crop, de¬ 
pending on fome kind ot green crop for thofe that follow, 
without any repetition of it. Other courfes in this cafe 
may be 'as below :—1. Fallow. 2. Barley. 3. Clover. 
4. Wheat. Or in cafes where manure is in plenty, it 
may be better thus : 
1. Fallow, or 1. Cabbage, beans, or peafe. 
2. Wheat, 2. Barley or oats. 
3. Beans, 3- Clover. 
4. Barley, 4. Wheat. 
5. Clover. 
6. Wheat. 
Othervvife, 
1. Cabbage, or 1. Beans. 
2. Oats, 2. Wheat. 
3. Beans, 3. Cabbages, 
4. Wheat, 4. Barley. 
5. Clover. 
6. Wheat. 
And in fome cafes, where the culture is well executed, 
the courfe may run in this way :—1. Turnips. 2. Oats, 
3. Vetches. 4. Wheat. 
In converting lands of thefe kinds to the Hate of til¬ 
lage from that of grafs or fward, by means of paring and 
burning, the proper courfe may be:—1. Cole. 2. Beans. 
3. Wheat. 4. Beans. 5.,Wheat. 
By thefe methods of cropping, with proper regard to 
the eating off green crops on the ground, where it can be 
effefled without injury ; or to the removing them to be 
conlumed in the fold-yards, or other places, in order to 
the manure being afterwards applied; the.ground may 
not only be ameliorated, by being rendered more rich 
and friablt, but be preferved perfectly free from all de- 
feriptions 
