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tive than thofe which had been totally unprepared^ 

 The lafl produced near double the quantity to the 

 next beft, as will appear from the annexed accounts 

 of the relative produftions of the different beds. 



I repeated the fame experiment with oats, in the 

 fame manner as before dated, in every refpeft, and 

 planted them in the three adjoining beds: and it was 

 fmgular enough to obferve the fame effefts precifely 

 as to the time of their coming up, and of their ripen- 

 ing, as well as with regard to their produce, which 

 I had before remarked in the barley. In both in- • 

 fiances, the unprepared grain was much more for- 

 ward in its appearance and ftate of maturity, as alfo 

 much more abundant, than either of the other two. 



All the feeds were planted with the Norfolk dib- 

 ble, exaOly at the fame depth, at the fame time, and 

 in jadjoining beds, under the fame afpeft, in an open 

 though rather loamy foil, which had not been ma- 

 nured. 



Table of the relative produdions of grain, as 



noticed in the above account. 



Ears, 

 "B AV.hEY, Jieeped, eight or nine days more 



backward than the dry grain, produced - 465 



Barley, not fleeped, but having a fmall 



quantity of the mixture poured into the hole 



with it, was ftiil longer in the ground than the 



former,' and produced - - - - 236 



Barl5v, 



