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fpring corn with clover. The young clover dunged, 

 mown or fed off as befl fuits, and Town the fpring follow- 

 ing with white peas, which are always off in very good time 

 to admit of a proper preparation for wheat; the ftubbles of 

 which are haulmed, and fown with tares, or rye in courfe. 

 Upon the heavy lands the routine of crop and fallow is oc- 

 cafionally varied, with fallow, barley, clover, wheat ; and 

 dung if poffible upon the young clovers. 



A few years ago, as a gentleman in this parifli was walk- 

 ing through his wheat fields, when the corn was in full 

 bloirom, he was ftruck with the variety of hues, or colours, 

 which the blofToms affumed : at firfl he conceived it might 

 be owing to the different ftages of forwardnefs in the blof- 

 fom ; but on particular examination, and more mature re- 

 fle£lion, concluded, that they were certain figns of a fpecific 

 difference in the quality of the wheat ; impreffed with this 

 idea, he fele£led the ears of feveral different hues, and par- 

 ticularly marked eleven diftin£l numbers ; noting very 

 minutely, their chara6leriflic qualities and appearances in 

 the field : thefe he gathered and kept feparate when ripe, 

 and planted them apart from each other in his garden : 

 the fame charadlereftic difference was obferved to continue 

 upon the feveral numbers when growing in the garden, as 

 was obferved in the field the preceding fummer, and arc 

 as follow : 



Firjl Tear in the Garden. 



No. 



1 A ftiff ftraw, thick ear, the rows or cherts in which, 



fet clofer than in any other. 



2 Dark ftraw, full blade, and large open ear. 



3 A large long ear, ripened late, and well fet. 



4 Full foilage, and a long open ear. 



5 Straight handfome ftraw, large well fet ears, flag or 



leaf fmall. 



D , 6 Red 



