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Pleafe to obferve, this method differs from tlie 

 •drill hulbandry; as in the latter, the whole land is 

 not planted, the rows being ploughed between. 

 it differs alfo from the fetting method, as defcribed 

 •Jin your firft volume, as it does not appear the 

 plants were always kept clear of weeds. But to 

 come to the experiment. 



On the 30th of Auguft 1782, I marked out a 

 fquare yard of ground, with four rows, nine inches 

 apart; I put thirty grains of wheat in each row 

 two inches deep, this I call No. I. Nov. 1 2, 1 took 

 four plants out of each row, and tranfpl anted to 

 No. II. alfo a yard fquare. 



No. I. No. ir. 



w. a6 I 10 45 5 



^ 3 1 2i 14 21 



.-« 19 I 20 2 29 



.^..... 32 ' 41 23 *7 



I kept both clear of weeds, and hoed one end 

 of the rows, but I could not perceive any difference 

 between that which was hoed, and that which was 

 not hoed : I have difcovered the cSufe. The num« 

 ber of ftems of No. II. was as marked above. 



The produce of No. I. was four hundred and 



fcven ears, ilb. 5 oz. of corn; fcven hundred and 



iifty 



