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ART. VII. 
Account of a Series of Experiments, respecting 
Smur in Wuear. 
{From James Jennines, efq; 
In a Letter to James Gorpon, jun. efq.] 
’ SIR, Harlington, Dec. 21, 1797. 
S I underftand you are a member of the Bath 
Agricultural Society, I fend you an account 
of fome experiments made by myfelf, relative to the 
diftemper in wheat called fmut, or burnt grain, on 
the truth and accuracy of which you may depend. 
1785. My crop was infected with fmut to fuch 
a degree, that befides the lofs in quantity, the price 
was not equal to that of my neighbours by 1s. 6d. 
or 2s. per bufhel. 
O@. 1796. I fowed, in two different gardens, 
found grains picked out of ears, part of which 
were fmutty, the produce was perfeétly found. 
I remained much at a lofs refpecting the caufe of 
this difeafe, till the year 1789, when I was again 
called to attend to the fubje& by the following 
occurrence:—A neighbour reported to me, that, 
during his illnefs the preceding autumn, part of a 
field had been fown, and he found on his recovery, 
that the lime ufed to prepare the feed was old and 
much flacked with the weather; he therefore im- 
“WoL. 1x. H mediately 
