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Account of the produce oy wheat andrye^ during 16 years 

 in Lower Merio7i township, Philadelphia county, and 

 times of harvesting, ^c. By Algernon Roberts. 



Read April 14th, 1807. 



Wheat, 24 sheaves to a bushel. 

 Rye, 19 sheaves to a bushel. 

 Average of Rye, 13 bushels per acre. 



The foregoing table exhibits an account of the quan- 

 tity of wheat sown for sixteen years, the times of sow- 

 ing and harvesting, together with the quantity raised. 

 The quantity sown per acre, was one bushel. Preced- 

 ing the year 1794, the wheat was sown on indian corn 

 ground: but in that year, on a clear fallow, and the sue- 



