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the experiment, in about three weeks I caughi 

 near eight hundred of thefc vermin. 



•<By this method I fo effectually cleared my pre- 

 mifes, that I have fuftained but little damage 

 fince. 



I am, your humble fervant, 



M. N. 







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Article LXV. 



On the Management of Seed Barley in a dr} 

 Sea/on. 



[Communicated by a Gentleman of YorkfhireJ 



IT is well known that Barley is lefs valuable 

 when it does not ripen equally; that barley 

 which comes up fpeedily in a dufty foil, mud gain 

 a great advantage over feed weeds; and this year 

 barley that fhall come a fortnight or three weeks 

 earlier than others to market, will probably draw 

 a higher price. 



Therefore, firft take out about one-third of the 

 contents of the facks of feed barley or bere, to 

 allow for the fwelling of the grain. Lay the facks 



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