C IH. A P. X.

EFFECT OF THE CULTURE IN AMELIORATING OR EXHAUSTING THE SOIL.

Authorities from tbe Reports.

culture of potatoes muſt certainly have a tendency to impoveriſh every eſtate on which it is practiſed. Dung too much laviſhed(a).

They find, in Cornwall, that they exhauſt in ſome degreec like grain().

Mr. Crook, of Wiltſhire, ſows winter tares after them; having tried Wheat, which did not anſwer. The crops were generally mildewed(c).

In Durham, fow wheat after them. The crops good and clean(a).

Conſidered as an exhauſter in Somerſetfhire; particularly if wheat is the ſucceeding crop().

In Suffex, the cultivators of this root are of opinion, that the wheat which follows it is equal to that of a clover lay, or a clean fallow(.

In Weſtmoreland, they are found to exhauft().

In the North Riding, they are, in the opinion of ſome, ſo exhauſting, that they ought not to be cultivated to a great extent; and there is a clauſe in leafes reſtricting the farmer to an aerc and a half(b).—

In Berwickſhire, the farmers think them a very ſevere crop for the land; and therefore do not cultivate more than for mere family uſe(i).

If half the quantity of the produce be expended on the premiſes, by feeding cattle and ſheep, no exhauſtion of the foil need be apprehended(½). Wheat after potatocs, on a light ſtony ſoil, generally unproductive(l).

In Dumfries, the land after potatoes is jeft, being both limed and dunged, in the higheſt heart, is fit to carry barley, wheat, or any thing elſe(m).

In Annandale, much wheat was ſown after Potatoes; but the practice is

(a) Cheſter, p. z0.(6) Cornwall, p. 40.(c) Crooke’'s Ms. information: ſd, Durham, p. 70.(e) Somerſetfhire, p. 32. Suſſex, p. 28. (F) Weſtmoreſand, p. 46.(4) North Riding, p. 44.(1) Berwick, p. 44. (4) Cheſter, p. 20. Dann, Ms.(2) Suſſex, p. a8. Dann, Ms. (m,) Dumfries, App. p. 17.

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