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remaining part of the piece of land a second time ; 

 and, about the middle of that month, sowed it, at 

 the rate of three bushels of seed an acre, ploughing 

 in one cast, or half the seed, and harrowing in 

 the other half; and marked out another acre for 

 the experiment. This last acre had three clean, 

 earths. 



" Produce of the four acres : 



C. B. P. 



On that sown in December, 8 2 



January, 8 3 2 



February, 6 2 1 



March, 6 2 2 



Or seed deducted : 



On that sown in December, 7 2 O 



January, 5 3 2 



February, 5 2 3 



March, 5 3 2 



" That sown in December, though it came up 

 thick enough at first, lost so much of its plant 

 by the winter frosts, that I expected it must have 

 been ploughed up, and sown again in the spring ; 

 but observing the plants that were alive, begin- 

 ning to flourish very early, I gave them time ; yet 

 it never got to be a full plant, nor did I expect, 

 though the straw was very stout, and the hawes, 

 or ears, very fine ones, that it would have turned 

 out so well. Those sown in January and February 

 both lost some of their plants, so that that sown 

 in March, with the least seed, was the fullest and 

 evencst plant of any." 



The 



