(b) First, wheat; second, barley; third, oats with clover; fourth, clover part mowed, part fed.
(c) First, wheat; second, barley with clover; third, clover mowed; fourth, clover fed (one-third or a quarter of this field being “hitchland”).[25]
- [23] William Pearce, “Berkshire,” p. 29.
- [24] Thomas Davis, “Wiltshire,” p. 43.
- [25] Thomas Davis, “Wiltshire,” p. 43.
Turning northwards again from the centre of England, in Rutland the old three-year course of two crops and a fallow was universal in the unenclosed parishes;[26] in Lincoln two, three and four-field systems were practised;[27] the two-field course was also prevalent in Yorkshire.[28]
- [26] John Crutchley, “Rutland,” p. 8.
- [27] Thomas Stone, “Lincoln,” p. 26.
- [28] Isaac Leatham, “East Riding,” p. 40.
A singular practice was followed in the East Riding Wolds. “The greater part of the Wold townships which lie open have a great quantity of out-field in leyland, i.e., land from which they take a crop every third, fourth, fifth, or sixth year, according to the custom of the township.”[29]
- [29] Isaac Leatham, “East Riding,” p. 42.
In contrast we may mention the Battersea common fields, which were “sown with one uniform round of grain without intermission and consequently without fallowing.”[30]
- [30] James and Malcolm, “Surrey,” p. 48.