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making feventeen indcad of twenty-one) it cannot 

 be expe<5led to be well executed. But thefe expe- 

 rinnents, done by thofe nnen, fhew the fydem^in 

 a fairer , and prove what maybe done by 



any farmer to more advantage, by his attending t6 

 the execution. 



I have made experiments of drilling for a great 

 many years, and have never found any di/Ticulty in 

 getting it executed >yith tolerable accuracy by com- 

 mon ploughmen, either in marking out the ridges 

 at firft flraight, and of the proper breadth, or in 

 drilling or horfe-hoeing. 



Article XXVL 



On the Waterin^^ and Management of Flaxi 

 addreffed to Sir John Miller^ Bart, a Vice- 

 Prejident oj this Society. 



[[jy John Gray, Efq.] 

 Dear Sir, 



THE inclofed is the paper I mentioned to you 

 lad year, and which, from my negitd, was 

 afterwards omitted to be communicated to you. 



The 



