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caused by putting in wheat in wet weather. The wheat 

 being harvested and thrashed, the product was one hun- 

 dred and thirty-five bushels that was saved, considerable 

 being lost by thrashing on the ground. The seed was 

 very foul and smutty the product was perfectly free 

 from smut and other foul stuff, and of a superior quality. 

 Part of the ground had wheat on the year before, and a 

 part corn. The number of bushels is not mentioned as 

 being a great yield. One of my neighbors, from whom 

 I obtained the seed, sowed the same kind without any 

 preparation, on the 5th of the same month, the product 

 of which was very smutty, and otherwise foul. 



TABLE. 



A box 24 inches by 16 inches square, and 28 inches 

 deep, will contain a barrel, or 10, 752 cubic inches. 



A box 24 inches, by 16 inches square, 14 inches deep, 

 will contain a half barrel, 5,376 cubic inches. 



A box 16 inches by 16 8-10 inches square, and 8 in- 

 ches deep, will contain a bushel, or 2,150 4-10, cubic in- 

 ches. 



A box 12 inches by 11 2-10 inches square, and 8 in- 

 ches deep, will contain a half-bushel, or 1,075 2-10 cubic 

 inches. 



A box 8 inches by 8 4-10 inches square, and 8 in- 

 ches deep, will contain one peck, or 537 7-10 cubic in- 

 ches. 



A box 8 inches by 8 inches square, and 4 2-10 inches 

 deep, will contain one half-peck, or 286 8-10 cubic in- 

 ches. 



A box 7 inches by 4 inches square, and 4 8-10 inches 

 deep, will contain half a gallon, 134 4-10 cubic inches. 



A box 4 inches by 4 inches square, and 4 2 10 inches 

 deep, will contain one quart, 67 2-210 cubic inches. 



