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macy, was the one selected for this purpose in our part, 

 and I had an opportunity of seeing the whole experi- 

 ment made in a variety of forms : he would take a sam- 

 ple of the cleanest wheat, and after being sown in any 

 situation the farmer chose, it would produce more 

 or less smut ears from tvery seed, or vice versa, he 

 would take the dirtiest sample, and it should produce 

 wheat sound and good ; he did this in a number of 

 rows, drilled in various places, alternately, and all the 

 rows invariably yielded according to his predictions : 

 he accordingly gained the premium, but to what amount 

 I do not remember : the whole art and mystery was 

 this ; take a smut ear and pulverize it, mix the pow- 

 der with clean wheat and it would produce smut, but 

 take the wheat and wash it completely with spring 

 water and it would entirely prevent it. 



yoL. in, 



