Crop Rotations Pharsalia and Tyro 1847

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1847 Sept 24th Eight Shift System commencing with 1850 No 2 1850 Wheat 1851 - Corn 1852 - Oats & Rye 1853 Pasture 1854 Pasture 1855 Fld Wheat 1856 Pasture 1857 Fld - Wheat 1858 Corn No 3 1850 Pasture 1851 - Fld Wheat - 1852 Corn 1853 Oats & Rye - 1854 Pasture 1855 Pasture 1856 Fallowed wheat 1857 Pasture 1858 Fallowed wheat 1859 Corn No 4 1850 - Wheat 1851 Pasture 1852 - Fld - Wheat 1853 - Corn 1854 - Oats & Rye 1855 Pasture 1856 Pasture 1857 Fallowed Wheat 1858 Pasture 1859 - Fallowed Wheat 1860 Corn No 5 1850 Pasture 1851 Fallowed Wheat 1852 Pasture - 1853 Fallowed Wheat 1854 Corn 1855 Oats & Rye 1856 Pasture 1857 Fallowed Wheat 1858 Pasture 1859 - Corn No 6 1850 - Oats & Rye 1851 - Pasture 1852 Pasture 1853 Fallowed Wheat 1854 Pasture 1855 Oats & Rye 1856 Fallowed Wheat 1857 Pasture 1858 - Fallowed Wheat 1859 Corn - No 7 1850 - Oats & Rye 1851 - Pasture 1852 Pasture 1853 Fallowed Wheat 1854 Oats & Rye 1855 Oats & Rye 1856 Fallowed Wheat 1857 Pasture 1858 - Fallowed Wheat 1859 Corn - No 8 1850 - Oats & Rye 1851 Fallowed Wheat 1852 Fallowed Wheat 1853 Oats & Rye 1854 Pasture 1855 Oats & Rye 1856 Fallowed Wheat 1857 Pasture 1858 - Fallowed Wheat 1859 Pasture No 9 1847 Wheat 1848 Corn 1849 Oats & Rye - 1850 Fld Wheat - 1851 Fld - Wheat 1852 - Pasture 1853 - Fld wheat 1854 - Corn 1855 - Oats & Rye - 1856 - Pasture 1857 - Fld wheat 1858 - Pasture 1859 - Fld wheat From the above system it will be seen that each year there will be 2 wheat fields, one rye & oat field & corn field & 2 pastures - Which in 6 years gives from each field 3 small grain crops & corn crop - & 2 rests for years Wm Mason June 24th 1847 June 24th 1847 - From the above system it will be seen that each year two wheat fields, one rye & oat field & one corn field - also four pasture fields - Which in 8 years gives to each field one corn crop - 2 wheat crops - & 1 oat & rye crop - also 4 Grass crops Wm Mason Sept 20th 1847 -