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The stunt is a new thing among us, but as far as I am 

 able to judge, the cause is, that wheat that is plough- 

 ed in, is not so subject to the stunt, as that which is har- 

 rowed in, for this reason, — the wheat that is harrowed in 

 is not covered sufficiently deep to give the root a proper 

 hold of the ground, and therefore, in the spring, when the 

 ground settles, it leaves the root bare, and it is not nou- 

 rished, and of course stops growing. The best method 

 I have found for a crop of wheat, is to plough it in, and 

 let the furrows be pretty coarse, and in the spring it will 

 moulder down about the root, and by covering it, be of 

 great use to the wheat. 



I am, &c. 



Joseph Gibbons. 

 Mr. Roberts Vaux. 



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