M I N U T E S 



AUG. 



SOWING 

 WHEAT. 



SEED- 

 PROCESS. 



they would have gained a preference ; bur, 

 from this experiment, there does not appear 

 to me to be any advantage to be expected from 

 the drill worth changing the cuftom of the 

 country for. 



Laft fpring I made fimilar experiments on 

 the ule of this implement with peas and barley. 

 During the fummer the drills feemed to gain a 

 preference ; but, at harveft, it is a moot point 

 whether the drill or the common plow has 

 the preference : and although thefe feveral 

 experiments were feen and attended to by fome 

 good farmers of the neighbourhood, I do not 

 find that any of them are fo much {truck with 

 the refult as to be inclined to give up their 

 prefent practice : neverthelefs I am of opinion 

 IMPLEMENT, that this ingenious implement merits further 

 trial. Barley appears to be the crop for which 

 it is mod efpecially adapted in this country. 



N. B. In November laft, I attempted to try 

 the fix-rowed, or winter-barley, againft the 

 common barley, as a winter crop ; (owing 

 fome of each fort above ; fome under ; and 

 fome in drills : but the pheafants, rooks, hares, 

 and other vermin, fubverted the experiment, 

 and nearly deftroyed the crop : therefore, to 

 fave it from difgrace, the fcattered remains were 

 plowed up in the fpring, and the land fown 

 with common barley. AUGUST 



