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of being very early fown, when the feafon 

 will permit. This makes an early harveft T 

 which is, for the moft part, the beft, and 

 fubjecft to lefs riik of being hurt by high 

 winds and frofts. 



The third advantage of early fowing is, 

 that the wheat being all from fallow, could 

 be plowed in with a fur two or three inches 

 deep, which would in fome meafure prevent 

 the frofts and fmut from hurting the wheat. 



The grain that is early fown is, for the 

 moft part, far fuperior in quality to the fame 

 grain fown late. The reafon is obvious ; the 

 early has more of the fun, when in his great- 

 eft heat, in the time of ripening. The Eng- 

 lifli wheat and barley are efteemed of a much 

 better quality than the Scots, for the above 

 reafon of being earlier fown and cut down. 

 The Englifh wheat and barley fome years fell 

 15 or 20 per cent, dearer than the Scots, 

 which proves them to be of a fuperior quali- 

 ty. The barley, by this plan can be fown 

 in the month of March, which would make 

 the quality of the grain better than when 

 ibwn late. 



The laft advantage is, That when the foil 



