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slow in coming to perfection, so that the 

 land, which must next receive the Barley, 

 would be too much exhausted. The 

 ploughs are made with two transverse 

 beams on one side, that the sods may be 

 turned the first time the land is ploughed, 

 as will presently be more particularly ex- 

 plained. 



May 21. 



After going to church at Natra, I re- 

 marked some cornfields, which the curate 

 of that place had caused to be cultivated 

 in a manner that appeared extraordinary 

 to me. After the field has lain fallow three 

 or four years, it is sown with one part rye 

 and two parts barley, mixed together. The 

 seed is committed to the ground in spring, 

 as soon as the earth is capable of tillage. 

 The barley grows rank, ripens its ears, and 

 is reaped. The rye in the mean while goes 

 into leaf, but shoots up no stem, as the 

 barley smothers it and retards its growth. 

 After the latter is reaped, the rye advances 



