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off from time to time till none arife -, let it remain 

 the fpace of 12 to 16 hours; after which drawing 

 off the brine at a fpigot or cock below, placed 

 there for that purpofe, take away the feed grain, 

 and after fuffering the remaining moifture to drain 

 off a little, fprinkle it with fine powdered lime, or 

 wobd-afhes, it will then immediately be in a proper 

 condition for fowing. Although I remember that 

 fome years paft, a fudden and fevere froft inter- 

 rupting our fowing, fome feed thus prepared re- 

 mained fo a full month, was afterwards fown, and 

 vegetated as perfectly as if it had been fown imme- 

 diately. The fame brine will anfwer equally for 

 any operations, and even for years, only fupplying 

 the lofs abforbed by the grain. 



No. VIII. On Spring Wheat. 



, April 9th, 1784, fowed 11 acre of fpring wheat, 

 the ..produce was \o\ facks or 45 { Winchefter 

 bufhels. It being an unufual feafon for fowing 

 wheat, brining was forgotten, and the crop proved 

 remarkably fmutty. 



As to the practice of fowing wheat in the fpring, 

 I am no advocate for it, only in cafes wherein 

 the land cannot be got in order at the proper 

 feafon. 



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