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This rotation is the more valuable, as it admits of several variations without materially deranging the system. Thus for instance, potatoes might be planted occasionally in lieu of the turnips; and various plants of the cole or cabbage tribe might, at times be introduced, instead of either the winter tares or the turnips. Also variation might be created by occasionally ad- ding clover after the corn, in which case the rotation would stand thus, the first year tares and turnips, the second year corn, and the third clover. The last is vastly superior to any rotation now in use, but it is very greatly inferior to the fore- going course of tares, turnips, or cole, and corn in two years.

Lam, yours, truly, JOHN MIDDLETON.

Lambeth, 11th May, 1803.

ON FINE WOOLLED SHEEP, To the Editor of the Agricultural Magazine. Sir, ths some time after the introduction of fine woolled sheep, z it was predicted by those who were unfriendly to ther suse, that the quality of the wool would progres

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1 sively decline, by reason of the change of climate, of pasture, and other cir- cumstances. Experience however hath sufficiently demon- strated, that this ground is no longer tenable, as may more generally be known by inspecting the produce of his Majesty’s and other flocks in this country, as well as by advertine to the several concurring reports on the subject from Denmark, Sweden, Saxony, France,&e.

Another objection succeeds to this, namely, that by extend- ing the growth of clothing wool, coarse combine wools would be so considerably diminished as toinjure, if not to en- danger, the manufactures in which these are employed.

Inreply, L- understand it is pretty generally adinitted, that should we be fortunate enough to produce a surplus of clo ing wool, such surplus might be employed in the coarser ticles of manufacture, and even with superior advantage.

Carrying the objection then to the utmost sketch of imagi- nation, namely, that all the sheep in the united kingdom Were displaced by substituting entirely a fine woolled race, it must follow, that we should have the produce of these alone to fur- nish the fabrics of the fine as well as of the coarse manufac- tures; and the consequence of this would seem to be that. the prices would be brought nearly to an uniform standard of e- quality, and that eventually those prices might probably be, somewhat about the present general average of the kingdom:° ¢ircumstances[ should conceive by no meaus detrimental a the coarser kinds of manuiacture, but certainly; in ahigh de-

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