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ON TIIE ARAEI.E LAND
extracted from English reports, which do not belong to thepresent object of inquiry, and because the object is of extreme-ly little importance in giving a view of Scotch husbandry.Any one who has a soil adapted for the culture of rye, andwishes to make the experiment, may easily do so on the ge-neral principles of the alternate husbandry, already endea-voured to be elucidated, by merely substituting rye in placeeither of oats or barley in his rotation. On breaking up suchsoils from pasture, oats will probably pay better than rye,while the soil is bound together by the undissolved grass turf,especially if well rolled. Rye , therefore, will naturally followturnips, consumed early on the ground by sheep, and sown onone furrow, well rolled, in January if possible. Clover andrye-grass may be sown in spring with this crop, to be pas-tured three or more years. From the cast coast of Scot-land , the proper markets for this grain are, Newcastle, Hull,and London ; from the west coast it may be sent to Carlisle,Workington, Whitehaven, or Liverpool.
SECT. III.
§ 1. Soil and preparation .—This grain is next to wheat invalue, especially on light and sharp soils adapted to the turniphusbandry. It is perhaps less cultivated now than formerly, asthe quantity used as bread-corn has been very much diminish-ed, whilst the immense taxation which is laid upon it in malt-ing, brewing, and distillation, has contributed to depress itsmarket value. This grain follows variously in the generalsystem of alternate husbandry already elucidated, accordingto circumstances, as after turnips, pulse, or fallow, though