410 ANNUAL: REGISTER, 1797. 
with pleafure communicate to you 
the refult of my experiment, think- 
ing the knowledge ef it cannot be 
too generally diffufed. My feed 
wheat laft autumn was very full of 
fmut-balls, or bunts, both hard and 
foft ; and having previoufly prepar- 
ed it, as. will be hereafter defcrib- 
ed, I fowed ten acres of land with 
it, and have the fatisfaction. of in- 
forming you, the crop of wheat 
produced therefrom is of a good 
quality, the quantity equal to my 
expectation, and on a very minute 
examination doesnot appear to con- 
fain a fingle f{mut-ball, or bunt, 
though fome of the adjoining clofes 
of wheat have a large quantity of 
it inthem. Underftanding there is 
great injury done to the crops of 
wheat this feafon by {mut-balls, or 
bunts, I am anxious to communi- 
cate the receipts to the farmers, 
early enough for the enfuing wheat 
feed-time, moft fincerely wifhing 
they may experience equal proots 
of its eficacy. I muft requeft very 
particular attention in locking up 
the pan and fhovel ufed in prepar- 
ing the wheat, as I truftit is unne- 
ceflary to inform your readers that 
the preparation is a very ftrong 
poifon. The bags in which the pre- 
pared wheat is carried to the field, 
fhould not be ufed for any other 
purpofe. The pan and fhovel, if 
very carefully wafhed with boling 
water, and feoured repeatedly with 
fand, may be ufedifor any purpofe 
2fterwards with perfect fatety. The 
expence of preparing a fufficient 
quantity of feed for one ftatute 
acre of jand, will very little‘exceed 
a fhilling. I 
I am, Sir, 
Your moft obedient fervant, 
id Nottinghar/hsre Freeholder. 
Jigs 16, 1797. nictints 
Receist for preventing Simut-Balls, & 
Buats, amorgf Wheat.’ 
TAKE three pounds! of pulve- 
rized whitearfenic, and four pounds 
of common falt, boil them ‘toge- 
ther in three gallons of water for 
twenty minutes, ftirring it well the 
whole time, then add three gallons 
of cold water to it; and this quantity 
will be fufficient for eight Winchef- 
ter bufhels of wheat. 
Method of ufing the above Mixture. 
On the evening preceding theday 
of fowing, lay the quantity of wheat 
you iniend to fow, on a heap; ftir 
up the mixture, and: gradually 
fprinkle it with a difh upon. the 
wheat, taking care at the fame time 
to keep turning over the wheat with 
an iron fhovel, fo that every grain 
of it fhall be weil moiftened; con- 
tinue turning it for fome time, then 
{weep the whole up neatly toge- 
ther; let the heap lie on the floor 
for twelve hours. In the morning 
mix a fmall quantity of quick lime 
amongft the wheat, turning it again 
repeatedly ; you may then carry it 
to the field and fow it. It will be 
beft to prepare no more wheat at a 
time than will be fown in cne day. 
' 
FIRST REPORT FROM THE COM* 
MITTEE ON WASTE LANDS, &G. 
Tie Committee ajpointed to take inty 
Confideration the Means of framoting 
the, Cultivation ani! Improvement of 
the Wafe, Uninclofed, and Unprodue- 
tve Lands, and the Common Arable 
Fields, Common Meadows, and Com- 
mon of Pafture in this Kingdom ; and 
who were empowered to refjort thew 
Proceedings 
