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drilling, thereby putting myfelf out of the queftion, 

 and only obferve, That from the rapid progrefs, 

 which the drill fyftem has lately made, there is rea- 

 fon to apprehend that it will foon become general. 



Your obedient humble fervant, 



JAMES COOKE. 



Afcertainments of Crops of Corn^ reaped in the Tear 1786; 

 the Seed of which was J own by the Rev, James Cooke 's 

 Patent Drill-Machine. 



Lord Vifcount Bateman, Shobdon, Herefordshire. Wheat by 

 the machine, 40 bufhels per acre. Barley, felf-evidently fuperior 

 to that fown by hand, but omitted to be particularly afcertained. 



Marquis of Stafford, Trentham, Staffordfhire. Wheat by the 

 machine, 33 bufhels per acre. Barley 24s. 6d. per acre more than 

 broadcaft. 



Rev. H. J. Clofe, Hill-Houfe, Ipfwich. Barley by the machine 

 from 9 bufhels of feed, 400 bufhels of excellent grain. Alfo a par- 

 ticular experiment upon one quarter of an acre of poor land, and 

 out of condition: by the machine 33 bufhels per acre; broadcaft 

 19 bufhels. Oats, the produce in the fame proportion. 



Mr. Yeld, Milton, near Leominfler. Wheat by the machine 

 30 bufhels per acre; broadcaft 25. 



Mr. Boote, Atherftone-upon-Stower, near Stratford-upon-Avon, 

 the feven following accurate experiments, including in the whole 

 368 acres drilled, viz.— Wheat on loamy land, 47 bufhels per acre. 

 On cold clay, 44 bufhels 5 gallons 2 quarts per acre. Wheat on 



cold 



