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The average productive powers of each kind of wheat is here 

 clearly doubled. 



In conclusion Iwill briefly explain the jpraciicaZ bearing of these 

 results. The bushel of ordinary wheat containing about 700,000 

 grains, by the present practice of sowing two bushels of wheat, 

 nearly one and a half millions of grains are deposited upon an 

 acre of land. The number of ears produced upon an acre 

 never equals this. Whether we plant single grains one foot 



