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ver)' thin. Their ilalks were, however, long, and bbre'fine ears. 

 They were reaped on the 8th of July, and yielded 2925 pounds of 

 wheat. , \ ,..,....: ^ ., ■^!'^^' ' 



EXPERIMENT, No. X. 



" 'T^^HE foil of this field is rather inferior, than equal to that of 

 -■■ the field we fpoke of laft, whofe fate it likewife fuffered in 

 every refpedt. The young plants were extremely fine, and, in Odlo- 

 ber and November, they were rufted almofl as much as the others. 

 This field contains 49 1 9 toifes. As I thought this land inferior to 

 the other, I fowed it thicker ; ufing to this end 294 pounds of wheat. 

 It was fowed on the 8th, 17th, and 28th of Auguft; not being able 

 to do it in any three days running. The crop yielded 3055 pounds. 



Remarks on thefe experi?nents. 



*• T Have now been able to obtain better crops, even the firfi: year, 



•*■ by the new hulbandry, than any I ever had before. I think 

 there can be no doubt but that this fuccefs is owing firfi:, and chiefly, 

 to the better preparation of the ground : and fecondly, to the proper 

 increase of the feed. Upon the whole, I am inclined to think, that 

 the fowing each bed with two turns of the drill-plough, increafed 

 the crop. But of that I fay no more at prefent, as I intend to treat 

 exprcfly of it in the eighth article. 



*' All my obfervations fliew how much I am convinced of the 

 importance of bringing the earth to a fine loofe fi:ate : nor can I re- 

 commend it too ftrongly. I have fenfibly experienced the good efi^edls 

 of it in all my lands, and particularly in thafe of the ninth and tenth 

 experiments ; for though thefe fields are but of an indifferent quality, 

 they have produced plants equal to thofe of my very heft lands. 



, " After what I have now faid, no one will be furprifed that almoft 

 all my firfi: crops were but fmall, fince mofi: of the grounds were 

 fovv'n after a fingle plov/ing, which was not fufficient to prepare 

 them properly. I was indeed well apprifed of this defedl at my firft 

 fetting out : but all I then aimed at was, to lay all my fields into 

 beds as foon as pofiible j being thoroughly fatisfied that it would not 

 be long after, before I lliould be able to bring them to a proper 

 tilth, with great eafe and little cofi:. 



" Thefe three experiments, not only (hew us how to conducft our 

 ■works more profitably hereafter j but they like,' ife difcover a new 



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