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will be, that Jet wheat will produce equally good 

 flour, without the wafte and trouble that attend 

 the other. 



On lands where wheat is/^/, the crop is free from 

 thofe dwinged [fhrivelled] diminutive grains that 

 are fo commonly found in even the beft crops of 

 that fown broadcaft : of courfe, it is fpecifically 

 heavier; and the proportion of flour exceeds the 

 comparative difference of weight. Our farmers 

 know this ; they expefl, and we* give a price ex- 

 ceeding that which is commonly given for the re- 

 puted beft: wheats that were fown broadcaft:. 



I find the Gentlemen of the Bath Society are ac- 

 quainted with our mode of fetting wheat. Every 

 farmer of induftry and a6tivity, who adopts this 

 mode, will find the performance eafy beyond his 

 firft: apprehenfion; and feel himfelf repaid with an 

 equal or greater quantity, intrinfically fuperior to 

 what arifes from the common pra6lice. But I 

 think, from the careleflfnefs of droppers, three pecks 

 of feed ought to be allowed to an acre. 



Before I conclude, it may not be improper to 

 inform you of an experiment I am now making in 



* This Gentleman is a Farmer, a Miller, and a Baker. 



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