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the atmolphere which happened at the time of its 

 bloflbmingj for till then it was (vet from every 

 appearance of defed whatever. This, however, 

 did not relax my refolution of endeavouring, by 

 every means in my power, to inveftigate the true 

 caufe; whether it originated from any defedt or 

 imperfedion in the feed, or was principally owing 

 to a deftroying diftemperature or blighting prin- 

 ciple of the air. 



The next year, 1788, was very favourable to the 

 growth and ripening of wheat. The fummer was 

 dry and healthy, and the corn found and good, 

 though the draw very fhort and fcanty. The feed 

 I fowed was of my own faving, of the fame year's 

 growth, and fowed on the fame land, without any 

 change whatever, yet I had no fmutty wheat that 

 year, and therefore no opportunity of making re- 

 marks. The next* feed time I had a mind to try 

 the white cone wheat, and therefore procured my 

 feed from a different county, and took all the ufual 

 precautions to guard againil the fmut. The feed 

 was perfedlly found and good, yet I had not a 

 ground that was perfectly free from it this year. 



Mofc of my wheat this year was fown in drills at 

 various dillances, for the fake of experiments, and 

 was all horfe and hand -hoed. In the months of 



April 



