fcbrched with heat. In that cafe, let the plinter, 

 after making a hole virtth his dibble, pour in fomt 

 water, and ftir it \ri till he has made the earth a 

 foft puddle.* A boy fliould dip the roots of the 

 plants firfl into water, and then into dry foot im-* 

 mediately before they are planted. According to 

 my idea, this will prevent the grub from ever 

 touching them. 



I (hould now follow the grub- worms and birds 

 into corn fields. The two firft years of my fowing 

 wheat, I could not get, from nine to ten acres pro- 

 duce,, more than ten bufhels per acre. On a nice 

 examination, I found the grub-worms attacked my 

 wheat under ground, and birds of various forts 

 above it. It was neceiTary to feek for a remedy. 

 I ordered two bufhels of feed wheat to be put on 

 the barn floor as ufual, with a proper quantitj" of 

 lime and fea- water; [fome ufe brine,] I then or- 

 dered a quarter of a peck of foot to be added, and 

 worked well in with the com, that all might be 

 rendered bitter by it. If a larger quantity of foot 

 be ufed, the better, as it proves good manure. 

 My fuccefs the firft year was, that I had twenty 

 bulhels on an average per acre. This laft fummer 



• This is certainly a good method, and may be pra(5lifed in a Gar' 

 JfTi — ^but when a Farmer wants to plant fcveral acres, the procefs 

 would be too tcdioui, if not quite iropra^cable. 



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