WHEAT. |.')| 



On this letter the Society has tin- follow- 

 ing note : ''Mr. Bogle will see, by the So- 

 ciety's premium book this year, that by hav- 

 ing offered several premiums for experi- 

 ments of the kind he so earnestly recom- 

 mends, we wish to have his theory brought 

 to the test of practice. Our reason for this, 

 as well as for printing Mr. B.'s letter, was 

 rather to excite decisive trials by ingenious 

 persons, than from any expectation of the 

 practice ever becoming general. General, 

 indeed, it never can be. A sufficient num- 

 ber of hands could not be found to do it. 

 Unkindly seasons at the time of transplant- 

 ing and dividing the roots would frequently 

 endanger and injure, if not destroy the 

 crops. But, admitting the mode generally 

 practicable, we doubt whether all the ad- 

 vantages he has enumerated would be de- 

 rived from this mode of culture. Why 

 should dividing and transplanting the roots 

 of wheat cause the crop to be early, or afford 

 a certainty of its being a good one ? We 

 cannot think that less manure is necessary 



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in this method, than either in drilling or 

 broad-cast; nor can we admit that such crops 

 would be perfectly free from weeds, without 

 either hand or horse-hoeing. We readily 



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