igi Chcm'ijiry, 



fuccefhon ; but I take great care not to dry the wheat pre- 

 pared in this manner either iii an oven or ftove, left the 

 germ fliould !)e injured ; it muft not even be dry when fown, 

 becaufe the lime would detach itfelf, and injure the fower. 



" Tn regard to weevils, one of my neighbours has en- 

 tirely cleared his houfe of them by a very eafy procefs. Irt 

 the month of June, his granaries and barns being entirely 

 tmpty, he c v auFed a number of large ant-bills to be collected 

 in bags, and diiperfed them throughout the places infefted 

 by thel'e infects. The ants immediately attacked the weevils 

 and devoured them entirely, fo that not one of them was to 

 be feen. Since that period none of thefe deftructive in- 

 feels have appeared on his premifes. 



" The third fecret is vcrv fimple : it confifts in warning 

 the fmutty wheat in pure water till it no longer becomes 

 black ; it muft then be immerfed in boiling water and dried; 

 Fo that it can be ground. By this procefs as good bread 

 may be obtained as that made from wheat which is free from 

 fmut." 



CHEMISTRV. 



Mr. Klaproth, of Berlin., having lately rtnalyfed boncy- 



Jlone, has found that the alumine contained in it is united 



to an acid, the radical of which is the fame as that of the 



Vegetable acids, but with different proportions of the carbon 



and hydrogen. 



The veoetable alkali has been found in different minerals. 

 This new fact cannot therefore fail to prove interefting, and 

 may lead to fome uiefcl facts respecting the connexion be- 

 tween the vegetable "land mineral kingdoms. 



