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fidence, as the feafons of the year 1754 were not favourable to the 

 produdion of corn. It was an extremely dry year ; the earth had 

 not the degree of mo'ifture which is neceflary to promote the growth 

 of plants ; the wheat was in general very thin and low, and numbers 

 of farmers did not reap above half the crop the fame lands yielded 

 them in 1752. 



" The wheat fuffered great accidents early; for it was ru fieri in 

 Oftober and November. Till then, it was very ftrong, and pro- 

 mifed well; but afterwards, it turned yellow on a fudden. The 

 rujl made a great progrefs. I met vi'ith places where the ground was 

 entirely covered with the powder of this diflemper. The vegeta- 

 tion of the plants before winter, was from that time nearly at a 

 Hand. 



" They were likewife hurt, and perhaps ftill more, by the frofls 

 which began again in March, and laftcd till the 20th of that month. 

 Thefe frolls rooted up prodigious numbers of plants of the wheat 

 fowed in the common way, which withered in a few days. Some 

 fields fuffered fo much by this accident, that they were obliged to be 

 plowed anew, and fowed again with oats or other fpring corn. 



" To fhew the refult of my experiments the more diftindlly ; I fliall 

 range them in the following order. 



*' The firft article will contain an account of three experiments 

 made on lands laid out in beds, and which have borne a third and a 

 fourth fucceffive crop; to which I {hall add fome remarks particu- 

 larly relating thereto. 



** In the fecond article, I fliall relate four experiments which I made 

 on lands formed into beds, which had borne a fecond crop. Thefe 

 too will be accompanied with fome refledlions. 



" The third article will give an account of three experiments made 

 on lands formed into beds,which have borne a firfl crop; and of the 

 manner in which I tilled them, in order to prepare them for fow- 

 ing. This will give rife to feveral remarks. 



" The fourth article will inform the public of fome .other experi- 

 ments made on lands laid out in beds, which have yielded a firfl 

 and fecond crop. This will be followed by fome interefting obfer- 

 vations. 



*♦ In the fifth article I fliall relate feveral experiments made by 

 divers lovers of agriculture, on lands fowed in equally difliant rows 

 with the <iriU-plough. 



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