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small NTarlety of London seed was sown on about two 

 and a half acres of potatoc ground, and also seven bushels 

 of Kentish seed en potatoe grouud adjoining that sown 

 with wheat from London: the remainder of the ground 

 being seeded with Kentish wheat once sown in this 

 country. The plants from the London seed bairded 

 equally, and as soon as they appeared above ground 

 fuily satisfied me, that, through the inattention of my 

 servant too much seed had been given. The crop 

 being obviously too thick, and screened on the west by 

 a low hedge rov/ of trees was lodged soon after shooting ; 

 and, as the head was sliort, small and soft, even when 

 cut,' I laid my account with a poor return, and gave up 

 all thoughts of trying the produce as seed for next season- 

 It was however, carelully kept by itself, and threshed 

 out in February, when, to my astonishment there were 

 twenty six bolls two firlots of marketable grain, and 

 six fn-lots of an inferior quality. The produce being so 

 raoch abov« exj>cctation, 1 was induced to sow a boU 

 of it after turnips, as a further trial next season. The 

 seven bushels that came from Kent being sown of a 

 proper thickness, yielded stronger stems, and lodged less, 

 than the former ; but, though apparently a better crop, 

 ■did not return so much by two bolls per acre; and as for 

 the produce of the rest of the field, it came three and 

 a half bolls short per acre, whether after potatoes or 

 beans; that after beans being more soft and shrivelled 

 ihan vvhiitvvas after potatoes, though it had the advan- 

 tage of the deepest soil, which had been equally well 

 dunged as the other parts the preceding year. Indced- 

 ^he most gravelly and thin parts of the soil, in every 

 lield which I inspected, iniifoi-mly produced the hardest 

 iiead, and best filled grain ; and is a slro'.ig proof of the 

 little c^ect the di ought had in promoting the malady, as 

 well as the little re nef to be obtained by thin sowing, 

 or withholding manure In my field the produce in 

 iurnips was better in quality, though less in quantity than 

 ^fter potatoes, but fally more than after onllcd bcacrSi 



