m TRACTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, &c. 



SECTION XV. 



On the Culture of Barley Wheat — Produce, per Acre — The tenth Part of 

 an Acre, dibbled, yielded 405 fur 1 — Deductions which prove that from 

 5y Ounces of Seed, 900 Bushels of Corn might be produced in nine 

 Months at St. Helena — successful Experiment in Malting and Brewing 

 from Island Barley Wheat. 



In the St. Helena Register for November, 1811,* I have given the 

 progress, and result at that time, of two experiments in the cul- 

 ture of naked barley, or barley wheat ; and in that for December 

 (page 32), are added some further observations upon this ex- 

 cellent corn. On the 17th of December, I superintended the 

 rutting of two square rods of the second crop ; the produce of 

 which being 12 sheaves, is at the rate of 960 sheaves per acre. 



The remainder of this crop was reaped some days after, and 

 the total number of sheaves was 1100 



To simplify calculations, eleven only (being the 100th of the 

 produce) were thrashed on the 4th January, 1812. They yielded 

 of clean corn 46 pounds, and of straw 45 pounds : but as the 

 operation of thrashing, for want of a barn, was performed in the 

 open air, upon a temporary wooden floor : as a good deal was lost 

 by getting over the thrashing-boards, among the grass ; and as 

 the grain was not entirely separated from the straw, it may be 

 fairly reckoned that not less than two pounds of grain were lost: 

 wherefore the produce of clean corn and straw from eleven 

 sheaves should stand thus : 



Of clean corn, _ - - 48 pounds 

 Of straw, - - - 45 ditto 



* Vide Section XI, 



