5803. Anfivcrs to Queries on Vegetation* 53 



thofc of infant plants. They may be deftrojed by trapping, &.c. 

 See anfvvcr to quellion i. of this head. 



IX. On the Improvement of Plarits, by introducing new Varicttes, 



Anf. to Qiief. I. Yes ; by fowing them in a richer and better 

 prepared foil, and paying all due attention in the culture. 



2. Anfvvered above. 



3. Yes ; by high cultivation. 



4. Yes ; by fupplying them plentifully with v^^ater while fwell- 

 ing, and fparingly while ripening. 



5. J^j keeping the foil clear of weeds and all noxious matter, 

 ftirring the furface frequently, expoling them freely to the fun 

 and air, and defending them from wet while ripening, 



NOTE. 



The Condudor gratefully acknowledges the obligation confer- 

 red on him by the author of the above very fenfible and judicious 

 anfwers to the queries on vegetation, &:c. inferted in the third 

 number of lall volume ; and begs leave to add, that it will afford 

 him much fatisfaftion to receive further information refpecling 

 the caufe of the blight in wheat, and other grains, and the beil 

 mearfs of guarding againfl it, together with other matters noticed 

 in anfvver to the third query of the eighth clafs ; thefe fubje^ls ha- 

 ving occafioned much difcuffion among practical agriculturaliits. 



The Conduftor has feen anfwers to the queries in the ninth 

 volume of the Bath papers ; and v.'ith pleafure gives a prefeience 

 to thofe of his intelligent correfpondent. In fact, they appear to 

 be founded upon the folid balls of obfervation and experience, and 

 muft be perufed by fcientihc agriculturalifts with lingular fatis- 

 fa6tioru 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



Anfwers to ^leries concerning the Solving of Wheat in the Spring 



Months, with Queries on the Working oj Oxen, 

 Sir, 



If better anfwers are not fent to the queries offered by your 

 correfpondent Alfred, in lall number, concerning the fowing of 

 wheat in the fpring feafon, pleafe accept of the following. 



Q^ I. Whether is there any variety of wheat peculiarly adapt- 

 ed for fowing in the fpring feafon ? — Anf. A kind of wheat, 

 brought, 1 believe, from Dantzick, was introduced into this coun- 



VQL. IV. NO. XIII. G ^^y 



