Antiquities, — Agriculture. 19* 



MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. 



ANTIQUITIES. 



The lovers ofBritifh antiquities in general, and of Gothic 

 architecture in particular, will be pleafed to hear that Mr. 

 Lbwry, of Titchfield-ftreet, engraver, and Mr. Alexander, 

 of Newman-ftreef, well known as draughtfman to the late 

 Chinefe embafiy, intend to publifli a felection of pifturefque 

 and accurate Views (about the fize and in the manner of 

 Hcarn and Byrne's Antiquities) of the crotles and conduits 

 erecled at different times in various parts of this ifland, many 

 of which, from their prcfent decayed ftate, and there being 

 no accurate reprefentations of them, mult otherwife foon be 

 irrecoverably loft. The drawings will be made by Mr. Alex- 

 ander, and the plates wholly engraved by Mr. Lowry; and, 

 from the known abilities of thefe artifts, the public have a 

 right to expect a work equal in execution to any thing of 

 the kind hitherto publifhed. 



A profpeclus, with a fpecimen, will, we underftand, be 

 foon laid before the public. 



AGRICULTURE. 



The following ufeful hints we copy from a Paris paper i 

 " A Journal, which has a very extenfive circulation, 

 has lately announced fecrets for curing the fmut in wheat, 

 preserving it from weevils, and for making bread from fmutty 

 wheat as good and falutary as that made from found wheat. 

 As a farmer, I take the liberty of giving my opinion refpe£t- 

 iiig thefe difcoveries. 



" I can certify with truth, that the method of Trianon, 

 which confifts in wnfliing the feed in a lolulion of lime in 

 water, has always preferved my wheat from fmut fincc I 

 have made ufc of it. In my opinion it is impofnble to find a 

 preventive lei's expensive, jjefides, 1 do not employ it but for 

 the fifth part of the wheat which I Cow each year; that which 

 ftrifea from il ii employed for iced the next year, and fo on in 



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