1803.] On the Rotation of Crops.-$08

doubt of being amply rewarded for all our pains and expence in obtaining a crop of the Ruta Baga. High-down, near Midburst, Iam, Sir, your humble servant,

Sussex, April 9, 1803. ,.. WILLIAM COCKS,.

a ON THE ROTATION OF CROPS. To the Editor of the Agricultural Magazine. Sir,

HAVE given the rotation of crops much consideration,

and the result is a settled conviction, that on every de- scription of soil the most valuable rule would be, grow two green or root crops for one of corn.

Agreeably to this system, suppose it was required to break wp any old pasture and lay it down again improved, after it had yielded three crops of corn.

FIRST FOR A BARLEY SOIL.

First year.—Pare and burn the turf, plough the land, and sow turnips for sheep food.

Second year.—Sow wheat, as the land may happen to be got into good tilth during the month of February and till the middle of March, and on such parts of it as cannot be got ready so early, sow barley. As soon as possible after these crops are reaped, plough the land and sow it with winter tares.

Third year.—Mow the tares, and give them three or four times daily in racks, cribs, or cradles to sheep, on the land where they were grown, and as they are consumed, prepare the soil with all possible dispatch, and sow turnips for sheep food the following winter.

Fourth year.—Spring wheat, to be succeeded by autumn sown tares, the same as in the second year.

Fifth year.—Tares, to. be succeeded by turnips, as in the third year.

Sixth year.—Barley, with much white clover, and a proper portion of Peacey’s rye grass, and other grass seeds to con- tinue.:

SECONDLY, ON MEDIUM AND STRONG LOAM.

First year.—Pare and burn the turf, plough in the ashes, and sow turnips in rows made across the ridges 3, during the following winter, feed the whole, if the season favour the soil, or feed as many of thei as the season and dryness of the soil will permit, then split and rot the residue of them on the land for manure, or cole may be cultivated in lieu of either the Whole or a part of the turnips; and in the same manner for sheep food.

Second year.—Spring wheat, to be succeeded by winter tares, in the same manuer as I have described for the second year on a barley soil.