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fown till May at the fooneft, the land may leifufely 

 be fully fallowed, and feems fo little to foul or wear 

 it,* that when off in Odober, it may be ridged up 

 at once into a winter fallow, for barley in the 

 fpring.f All poultry, and hogs when running 

 about, thrive upon it, and even flall'd oxen; and 

 horfes, when mixed half with oats. The ftraw is 

 tolerable provender for the cow-yard. 



I am, refpedfully your's, 



C. ONLEY* 



Slifled-Ball, Effexy Jan. 5, 1786. 



Article XXXIX. 

 On Steeping Seed-Barley in a Dry Seajon. 



[In a Letter to the Secretary.] 

 Sir, 



MY great fuccefs in making the following ex-^ 

 perimenr, occafions my communicating aii 

 account of it to you, for the benefit of the publick, 

 if thought worthy a place in the third volume of 

 the Bath Society's experimental papers. 



The lad fpring being remarkably dry, I foaked 

 my feed-barley in the black water taken from a re- 



• On the contrary, it will clean it more than any thing excep* 

 turnips. t Or immediately fown with wheat. 



fervoir 



