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thcr did not apparently effeft them, although they 

 flood fo thin. 



As this bean puts forth a flrong fialk, and (hoots 

 high, it will require to be planted thinner than 

 others, and as early as poflible; othcrwife I fear 

 that in wet fummers it would not ripen in due 

 fcafbn for a wheat crop to follow, efpecially on 

 moid land. Perhaps a bufhel on an acre may be 

 fully fufficient. 



I am, &c. 



Grittleton, Wilts, JAMES SARGENT, 



Ocr. 29th, 1779, 



Article XLVII. 



Obfervations on Dr. TiJJbt's Letter to Monf. 

 HirzeL 



Gentlemen, 



HAVING lately read Dr. Tissot's letter to 

 M. Hirzel, in anfwer to M. Linguet's 

 Treatife on Bread and Bread-corn, gratitude 

 fecmed to require not only an acknowledgment 

 of that great man's abilities, but alfo the jult 

 tribute due to the philanthropy of his amiable 

 difpoiition, which renders him ever ftudious to 



promote 



