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I then repeated my former experiments; I took a 

 handful of pure wheat, and blackened it by rubbing 

 in as much fmut-brand as I was able ; after which I 

 divided this corrupted handful into two equal parts, 

 retained one part with all its corrupt impregnation,-]- 

 and the other part I well cleanfed in water from its 

 baneful particles: thefe two parts I again fubdivided 

 into three portions each, two of which I dibbled in 

 different fituations, viz. a portion of the pure and 

 impure, near to, but diflin<f^ly feparated from, each 

 other; and the other two portions fome miles from 

 the former two: the remaining two, the corrupted 

 and the cleanfed, I committed to the care of an ac- 

 curate neighbour, for his putting into the ground, 

 at which I was prefent, and witneffed the exaftnefs 

 of the feparation. The products of thefe feveral 

 trials were uniformly the fame; the unwaflied was 

 generally fmutty, the waflied good in quality, one 

 fmgie fet excepted. Thus, fully convinced and con- 

 firmed of the efficacy of the means recommended, I 

 engaged the farmers of a parifla (Baburgh) to ad- 

 vance me a guinea for Roger Treefry's publi- 

 cation, alTuring the principal* occupier, that he 



would 



f Wholefome water has a tendency to promote vegetation, while 

 fome of the fetid and corrofive fluids have a tendency to deftroy it« 

 principle ; in courfe, fome or much of the feed periflies in the foil. 



• This farmer had been fubjefl many years to brand, notwithfland- 

 Bg hisconftant ufe of faliiie and other fubftancesi at length he changed 



thefe 



