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as much as possible. If you have no lime, use unleached ashes. 

 You must measure the wheat before you prepare it. You will find it 

 difficult to hold in your hand as much of the prepared wheat as is 

 necessary, owing to its increased bulk. It is therefore better to sow 

 twice and at right angles. That is, after the first sowing, sow again 

 across the first sowing. You will thus have it more even, and will 

 sow sufficient seed, which is rarely the case. When you have pre- 

 pared your land well, then use plenty of good seed — a virtue rarely 

 practised in this part of the world ! The object of all this prepara- 

 tion is to destroy all the smut, (which it does,) and all the eggs of in- 

 sects. The salt and lime also act as stimulating manures to the 

 grain, and greatly invigorate it in the early stage of its growth,. 



