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There is one experiment, however, I would beg 

 icayc to relate a Uttle more particularly : 



The firft experiment I made on fmutty wheat 

 was four years ago, on fome found corns I picked 

 put of a fmutty ear of white wheat, faid to be 

 originally from Canada. The corn from this feed 

 I have continued to plant ever fmce, to try if there 

 WQyI.d be any return of the original taint, or fymp- 

 tjpmof that diforder. The produce ever fince has 

 been not only free from it, but the grain remarkably 

 plump and fine. In the harveft of 1790 the whole 

 of it was nearly deflroyed by birds, I did not fave 

 a teath part of it, and that from the weakeft and 

 Ja^tcft ripe ears ; however, I faved ail I could, and 

 planted it in my garden the Auguft following^ 

 and to prevent a like devaftation from the birds, I 

 had part of a ridge dug in the middle of a field of 

 wheat referved for that purpofe, and in February 

 following tranfplanted it there in rows, at 9 inches 

 diftance, and 6 inches apart in the rowsj when the 

 plants were about a foot high, they were completely 

 cat down by the hares, and I thought them de- 

 flroyed irrecoverably ; but they foon fhot up again, 

 and at harveft produced a^ long and fine ears, and 

 plump found good corn, as I ever faw. The pro- 

 duce was at the rate of 374. buflxels to the acre, and 

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