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fame Goodnefs ; but it gives a little yellow Caflto the 

 Bread. 



Ancfther Sort of lodging Blight there is, which 

 fume call Moar-Loore, and mofrly happens on light 

 Land- This is when the Earth, finking away from the 

 Roots, leaves the Bottom of the Stalk higher than 

 the fubfided Ground -, and then the Plant, having 

 only thefe naked Roots to fupport it (for which they 

 are too weak), falls down to the Earth. 



To remedy this, turn a fhallow Furrow againft the 

 Rows, when they are flrong enough to bear it, and 

 when the Mould is very fine and dry ; then the Mo- 

 tion of the Stalks by the Wind will caufe fuch Earth 

 to run through the Rows, and fettle about the Roots, 

 and cover them (/). 



I have never feen any drill'd Wheat fo much fpoiPd 

 by failing, as fewn Wheat fometimes is. The drill'd 

 never falls fo clofe to the Ground, but that the Air 

 enters into Hollows that are under it, and the Wind' 

 keeps the Ears in Motion. Notwithstanding all the 

 Precaution that can be ufed, in fome unfeafortable 

 Years Wheat will be blighted: I have known fuch a 

 general Blight, when fome of my Lammas_ Wheat, 

 planted late on blighting Land, was blighted, amongfl 

 the reft of my Neighbours, by the Infects, but the 

 Grain of the fown Wheat was vaftly more injured 



(f) Some Land is very fubjeS to the Misfortune of expofing 

 the Roots, and therefore is lei's proper for Wheat ; for when the 

 Roots are left bare to the Air, they will be fh; ivelled, and unable 

 to fupport the Plants : And on fuch Land- the Wheat plants have 

 all iallen down, though in Number and Bignefs not fufficient to 

 have produced the Fourth Part of a tolerable Crop, if they had 

 flood. I am inclined to believe, that a thorough Tillage might be a 

 Remedy to fuch a loofe hollow Soil; for 'tis certain to a Demon- 

 firation, that it would render it more d&nfe, and increafe its fpe- 

 cific Gravity : But to enrich it fufhciently without Manure, the 

 Tillage mull pulverize it much more minutely, and expofe it 

 longer, than is required for the ftrongefi Land : The Fold alio will 

 be very helpful on fuch hollow Land. 



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