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in the purfuit of thefe infeds. When the numbers 

 are reduced within reach, a hen will fly up againft 

 the walls, and brufh them down with her wings, 

 while her chicken feize them with great avidity. 

 — This being repeated as often as they want food, 

 the whole fpecies will in a day or two be deftroyed. 



Of the phaUna, (moth) and fmall beetle, they 

 feem equally voracious; on which account, I can- 

 not but deem them the mod ufeful inftruments in 

 nature for eradicating thefe noxious and deftruc- 

 tive vermin. By this method, I have cleared two 

 of my own granaries, which were infefted by the 

 weevils, very efFedlually. 



I am, &c. 



JOHN WAGSTAFFE. 



Norwich, Jan. 26, 1786,. 



Article XLIV. 



An Experiment made in Planting of Wheat. 



[By Mr. Isaac Rogerson, Gardener.] 

 Sir, 



N anfwer to the Society's requeft in the papers, 

 a fmall experiment which I made in planting ot 

 wheat is offered to iheir confideration. 



When 



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