2ii EXPERIMENTS ON WHEAT,,.- Part II. 



had not been plowed for i 5 or 20 years, and was not yet fufficiently 

 loofened and divided. 



" It was fowed early: the plants rofe very well, but v/ere greatly 

 hurt by the froft, excepting thole which the dung preferved. The 

 fame thing happened to the beds which were fowed with fix rows. 



" The foil of the other field is fatter and of a better quality. The 

 winter did it little hurt. The plants throve by the culture that was 

 given them, but lefs than was expefted ; owing,' as is fuppofed, to 

 the great drought of the feafon. Thefe two fields produced, how- 

 ever, about 7000 pounds weight of wheat; which is extremely 

 well, efpecially for a firlf crop. 



" Thefe two fields have given us room to make two refledlions, 

 Firft, that the earth muji be well prepared, without which the plants 

 are not able to extend their roots to the ploived part of the alleys. Se- 

 condly, that, in dry fprings, the plants of wheat prejh've one anothe/" 

 mutually from the drought, for which reafon it is proper to Jotv fome- 

 what fnore than would other wife be neceffary. 



" The fame culture is now pradlifed for the year 1755, and is 

 extended to about fifteen acres more, 



EXPERIMENT. No. XIII. 



" T Mention this experiment on account of the faults the hulband- 

 -*■ man committed, that others may take care to avoid them. 

 Near three acres of pretty well plowed land made into beds, 

 produced only about 780 pounds of wheat the fecond year. 

 -y," The reafons why this crop was fo fcanty, are evident. In the firft 

 place, too little feed was fowed : there ought to have been three 

 times the quantity. Secondly, the beds were of an exceffive breadth, 

 all of them being eight or nine feet wide, and fowed with only 

 three rows. By this means, great part of the ground was loft; which 

 ought to be carefully avoided. 



" The plowings too were made in a very flovenly manner : the 

 hufbandman gave them, not when they were necefiTary, but when it 

 fuited his convenience. The reafon was, that he was prejudiced 

 againft the new hufbandry, and did not defire to fee it fucceed. 



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