266 EXPERIMENTS ON WHEAT, Part H. 



" But it is to be obferved, i . That by the fprouting of the grain, 

 ' I loft more in tliis field than in the other. 2. That this was not a 

 ' good year for wheat. 3. That this field, being bordered by two 

 ' highways, and not being inclofed, was greatly damaged by cattle 

 ' that got into it. 4. That what grain I did reap was clean, and 

 ' fiiftered fcarce any diniinutiou by fifting. 5. That if I had fowed 

 ' all my beds -^hli fix rows, I fliould probably have reaped a fourth 



* part more : fo that no blame ought to be imputed here to the new 

 ' hufbandry. 6, That it is the firil year of my trying this 

 ' hufbandryj that my ground had been but very imperfedlly pre- 

 ' pared ; and that it is now m a much better condition for the next 

 ' crop, though my fervants have again committed feveral faults. 

 ' All thefe confiderations feem to me farther proofs of the excel- 

 ' lence of the new hiifbandry. 



" I could prove that, in point of profit, this laft field has yielded 

 ' me three times as much as it ufed to do in the old way, and the 

 ' other field, twice as much. 



" This may more than fufiice forfuch fmall experiments as mine. 



* I could wifh they had been greater, and the fuccefs more complete. 

 ' With what pleafure fhould I offer them to you, whom I look upon 



* as the chief and patron of ail who follow the true principles of 

 ' agriculture I 



" Though I have turned the bad parts of the firft field I fpoke o£: 

 ' into grafs J I have added thres pofes more to the arable, againft next^ 

 ' year, in order to cultivate them in the new way; which I purpofe^ 

 ' extending to all my lands the next fowing fealbn. 



*' I have, very injudicioufiy, I doubt, fowed between twelve and 

 ' thirteen pojes with grain which had fprouted.. I do not believe 



* that the third part of it has come up : but as I fowed thick, and my 



* lands are much better prepared than they were laft year, I hope to.' 



* have at leafi: as good a crop," 



observations; 



*' \^7 ■^■^■'^ experiments have been repeated in different places, the 

 ^ ^ circumftances attending them ought to be greatly confidered : 

 for if thefe have been alike, and the event is the faine, they ferve to 

 fcffablilh one another, and merit our confidence in them.. The com- 

 parifon of the laft experiments, with mine, gives me room to make 

 two important obfcrvatijons.. The firft is, that both of us have per- 

 ceived, 



