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difcovered about Seventy Years ago, in the following 

 Manner ; viz. A Ship-Joad of Wheat was funk near 

 Brifiol in Autumn, and afterwards at Ebbs all taken 

 up, after it had been foaked in Sea- water ; but it be- 

 ing unfit for making of Bread, a Farmer fowed fome 

 of it in a Field ; and w 7 hen it was found to grow very 

 well, the whole Cargo was bought at a low Price by- 

 many Farmers, and all of it fown in different Places. 

 At the following Harveft, all the Wheat in England 

 happened to be fmutty, except the Produce of this 

 brined Seed, and that was all clean from Smuttinefs. 

 This Accident has been fufiicient to juftify the Prac- 

 tice of Brining ever fince in all the adjacent Parts, and 

 m moft Places in England. 



I knew Two Farmers, whofe Farms lay intermixed ; 

 they bought the fame Seed together, from a very 

 good Change of Land, and parted every Load be- 

 twixt them in the Field. The oldefl Farmer believed 

 Brining to be but a Fancy, and fowed his Seed un- 

 brined ; the other brined all his Part of Seed, and 

 had not a fmutty Ear in his Crop; but the old Far- 

 mer's Crop was very fmutty. 



Wheat for Drilling muft have no other Brine, than 

 what is made of pure Salt; for if there be any Brine 

 of Meat amongft it(*), the Greafe will not fuffer the 

 Wheat to be dry enough to be drilled. 



If Seed-wheat be foaked in Urine, it will not grow ; 

 or if only fprinkled with it, it will moft of it die, 

 unlefs planted prefentiy. 



The moft expeditious Way of brining W T heat for 

 the Drill, is to make a very ftrong Brine •, and when 

 the Wheat is kid on an Heap, iprinkle or lave it 

 therewith •, then turn it with a Shovel, and lave on 

 more Brine ; turn it again with a Shovel, until, by 

 many Repetitions of this, the Wheat be all equally 



(e) Urine alfo makes the Wheat fo greafy, that it will not be cry 



wet. 



time enough to be drilled 



