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as much work in a day as a London carter with his 

 three large elephants, and his cumberfome cart, 

 which is of itfelf more than a load for one horfe. 



Your mod humble fervant, 



JAMES ANDERSON. 



Cotjield^ loth Sept, 1789. 



Article XLIV. 

 On the Vegetation of Old Grain. 



[By Samuel Smith, Efq; F. S. A.] 

 Gentlemen, 



AS the afcertaining of ufeful fa6ts in agricul- 

 ture is the profefTed defign of your Society, 

 any thing that may tend to fhew how long feed 

 may retain its vegetative quality, cannot be unwor- 

 thy your attention* 



In the year 1754, my brother, a member of the 

 Bath Society, was at Strafburgh, and feeing fome 

 Indian corn growing, he gathered an ear or cone, and 

 prefcrved it with the flag on it. It had lain by un- 

 regarded till lafl: year, when meeting with it, and 

 the date, place, and time of growth being on it, I 

 was induced to try if it would grow. The 28th of 



Februar}' 



