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nience of somewhat dividing their harvest : the last 

 fortnight in August is so busy a time, that many of 

 them scarcely know how to get in their corn, upon 

 account of all sorts then requiring attention at 

 once. 



MILDEWED WHEAT. 



Be very attentive to the wheat crops this month : 

 they are every where liable to this fatal distemper, 

 which admits but of one cure or check, and that is, 

 reaping it as soon as it is struck. The capital ma- 

 ziagers in Suffolk know well, that every hour the 

 wheat stands after the mildew appears is mischievous 

 to the crop. It should be cut, though quite green, 

 as it is found that the grain fills after it is cut, and 

 ripens in a manner that those would not conceive 

 who have not tried the experiment, which I have 

 done many times ; reaping so early, that the la- 

 bourers pronounced I should have nothing but 

 hen's-meat. They were always mistaken, for the 

 sample proved good, while others, who left it longer, 

 suffered severely. The fact is now pretty generally 

 known and admitted. 



BUCK-WHEAT. 



I have known this crop succeed well and yield 

 largely, when sown so late as the first week in this 

 month ; and it is a very valuable circumstance, that a 

 man can have so long a period for tillage, and then 

 raise a crop which certainly classes with ameliorating 

 ones, and which prepares well for wheat. 

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