Chap. I. AT DENAINVILLIERS AND ACOU. iii 



Each grain of wheat in the rows, on the contrary produced eight, 

 twelve, fifteen or twenty ftalks, almoft all of them flrong and fit 

 to bear large ears. 



The wheat in the common way was in full ear, before one 

 appeared in the rows, in which neverthelefs the wheat was taller, 

 and ftill of a deep green. 



As foon as the wheat of the rows was in ear, it was horfe-hoed 

 a third time, and continued growing taller as the ears appeared. 

 It bloffomed, and the grain formed extremely well : but it was 

 ftill very green when great heats came on, which ripened it iud- 

 denly, and prevented its farther increafe, which would otherwife 

 have been confiderable. 



The crop would certainly have been more plentiful, had it not 

 been for this untimely heat : yet, contrary to expedtation, the 

 grainwas not parched ; but proved larger and better filled than that 

 of the other acre. 



The wheat was fowed at Acou, as at Denainvilliers : the hoeings 

 were repeated in the fame manner ; the progrefs of the wheat 

 fowed in both ways was alike ; and laftly, the great heats acce- 

 lerated too much the ripening of the wheat in the rows, at Acou, 

 as at Denainvilliers. 



Refult of the Experiment at Denainvilliers. 



The arpent which was plowed and fowed in the common way, 

 had been very well dunged ; and the other, which was cultivated 

 according to the new hulbandry, had received no dung at all. 

 This {hould make fome difference in their producfts. Let us com- 

 pare them. 



The acre which was cultivated according to the new hufbandry 

 produced 284 flieaves : the other 476. It is proper to obferve 

 that the quantity of fodder was not in proportion to the number of 

 fheaves ; becaufe the ftraw which grew in the rows was much 

 longer than that of the other acre. 



The acre fowed in rows, yielded 70 bufhels of large wheatp 

 weighing 1470 pounds. 



The other yielded 98 bufliels of fmaller wheat, which weighed 

 20158 pounds. 



Thus the field which was cultivated in the common v/ay produced 

 28 bufhels, or 588 pounds more than the rows. But it muil; be re- 

 membered, that only two builiels or 42 pounds of wheat were em- 

 ployed 



