TRACTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, &c. 79 



July 19th — A good deal is now ripe : a few fine days would 

 ripen the whole. 



August 14th — Ripe part (on the poorest land,) cut ; yielded, 

 when well dried, at the rate of 90cwt. Iqr. 131b. per acre of straw 

 and ears. 



August 15 — The remainder of the acre cut down. It was in 

 a mixed state, of ripe and unripe corn : at this rainy and unfa- 

 vourable season of the year, there could be no hope of ripening. 



September 1st— That part of the crop which was ripe, consist- 

 ing of 52 sheaves) was this day threshed. It was the produce of 

 5286 square links, weighed 162 pounds of clean corn : this is at 

 the rate of 63| bushels (of 48 pounds) per acre. 



The straw, after threshing, weighed 278 pounds ; or at the 

 rate of 5259 pounds ; but as a good deal was wasted in carrying 

 it several times from the field under cover, on account of the 

 rains, the produce may be very fairly taken at 65 bushels, and 

 the straw at 2^ tons per acre. The land was good ; but the 

 above experiments are wholly without manure. 



Wheat Experiment, 1810. 



March loth— Sown. 



March 20th — Already come up, li to 2 inches long. 



May 31st — Although not yet in ear, the crop has a very lux- 

 uriant appearance. 



June 14th — A few ears appear — remarkably promising crop. 



July 19th— Still green. — Ears long, but not filled. 



August 14th— Cut two square rods as green fodder ; produce 

 weighed 294 pounds, say 300, including gleanings, would be 

 24,000 pounds, or more than 10 tons per acre. 



This wheat and the preceding barley experiment were sown at 

 the most unfavourable season of the year : for there could be little 



