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Np, JX. A Compari/on between Brining and not 

 Brining. 

 Of the fmutty wheat in the lad experiment, I 

 caufed a bufhel to be fown unbrined, on half an 

 acre of ground, and a bufhel brined on another half 

 acre; the crop of the brined was free from frnut, 

 the unbrined very fmutty. 



No. X. On recovering Smutty Wheat. 

 I took a fample of the fmutty wheat [Experi- 

 ment No. vin.] to my baker, which he was very 

 unwilling to purchafe at any rate; at length, how- 

 ever, he offered me 16s. per fack, 36 gallons: this 

 was fo much under the current price of found wheat, 

 that I could not think of accepting his offer. 



Some days afterwards it came into my mind to 

 wafli and dry itj accordingly I provided myfelf 

 with a tub conveniently (hallow, that would well 

 cleanfe about two bufhels at each operation, re- 

 ferving a fui table fpace above the grain for the 

 water, placing this'under a pump; whilfl one man 

 was pumping, another kept continually ftirring 1% 

 about with a broom, the fmutty water, together 

 with the light grain, overflowing the fides of the 

 veffel, till the bulk of grain was thoroughly clean 

 and bright. Thus in a few hours we compleated 

 that part of the bufinefs. Next it was committed 



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