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%tbly. That he conceives an earlier crop may be 

 obtained in this manner, than can be obtained by 

 any other mode of cultivation. 



<)thly. That a clean crop may alfo be procured 

 in this way, becaufc if the land be ploughed im- 

 mediately before the plants are fet out, the corn 

 will fpri??g much quicker from the plants than 

 the weeds will do from their feeds, and the corn 

 will thereby bear down the growth of the weeds. 



lothly. That fuch lands as are overflowed in the 

 winter and: fpring, and are of courfe unfit for fow- 

 ing with wheat in the autumn, may be rendered 

 fit for crops of whea.t by planting them in the 

 fpring, or even in the fummcr. 



1 1 thly. That he has known inflances of wheat 

 being tranfplanted in September, October, No- 

 vember, February, March, April, and even as late 

 as the middle of May, which have all anfwered 

 very well. 



i2thly. That he has known an early kind of 

 wheat fown as late as the middle of May, which 

 has ripened in very good time; and from that cir- 

 cumftance he conceives, if the plants fliould be 

 taken from that early kind, the feafon of tranf- 



planting 



