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holes about two inches deep. The other eleven 

 ere returned into the phial, being firft 

 nearly filled with a ftrong pickle of fait and wa- 

 ter. After (landing 24 hours, thefe were alfo fet 

 in a garden-pot, in all refpedls fimilar to the other. 

 My intention in thefe different procefles was to dif- 

 cover, ift, if corn fiom a fmutty ear, merely by 

 rincing in fimple water^ would produce found corn 

 free of fmut j and 2dly, if a flrong folution of fait 

 and water would more effedtually anfwer that 

 definable purpofe, as was generally believed and^ 

 infilled on. 



The beginning of December I obferved the 

 plants feemed much crouded, and wanted more 

 fuftenance than the fmall quantity of earth the pots 

 contained could fupply. On the 8th day, therefore, 

 I took them out of the pots, and planted them in a 

 row in the field, about eight inches apart, keeping, 

 liowever, the plants of each pot feparate. There 

 was no perceivable difference in the plants, both 

 pots had ihot vigoroufly, and it was truly amazing 

 to fee the immenfe quantity of roots the pots con- 

 tained ; the fides being completely lined, with the 

 fume running round and rOund, to an incredible 

 length, from whence it feems very probable, that 

 the roots of wheat in good land, well pulverized, 



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