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" in the whirlwind, and diredls the ftorm.'* The 

 Power which is competent to the prevention of the 

 fmut in wheat, is equally fo to the prefervation of 

 the bloom of the fruits of the orchard, the hop gar- 

 den, from the maggot in peas, the black dolphin in 

 beans, the fly in turnips, and the caterpillar in all 

 the cabbage tribes, whofe devaftation at this very 

 time has laid the whole country wafte. Inftead of 

 cabbages nothing is to be feen but the bare ribs of 

 the leaves, like mere fkeletons, the hearts, &c. being 

 entirely deflroyed. 



However great the evil be which attends a crop of 

 very fmutty wheat, the found grain may be made 

 clean, fweet, and wholefome, with little trouble, 

 and a moderate expence, as appears by the follow- 

 ing account: 



In the year 1787 I had a great deal of very 

 fmutty wheat, which would fell for little more than 

 one-half, or at mod two-thirds of the price of good 

 wheat, which put me upon making the following 

 experiment: — I took about a gallon of the wheat, 

 and put it into a pail of fair water, and ftirred it 

 about well for a minute or two with a ftubbed 

 broom. It made the water almoft as black as ink. 

 This water was then poured off, and a fecond added, 

 in which it was again very well ftirred, and then 



poured 



