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thought could not have been grown in England. For, 

 although the British farmer can grow corn with any 

 one, I had never seen such wheat here, and thought 

 it must be foreign wheat. I went to the person who 

 was threshing some out, and having been informed 

 that it was sown only with one seed in a hole, I pro- 

 cured some of Mr. Hallett, of Brighton ; and, being 

 anxious to try the system, I planted it according to 

 Mr. Hallett's directions one grain in a hole, the holes 

 nine and a half inches apart, with six inches between 

 the rows. To satisfy myself on the subject, I also 

 planted some according to Stephen's instructions, who 

 said three grains in a hole would produce the most 

 profitable return. I also planted some two grains in a 

 hole. I sowed the grain at the end of last September, 

 on bad land, over an old quarry, and except some stiff 

 clay at the bottom of it, there was nothing in it good 

 for wheat. The other day I counted the stalks of all 

 three. On Mr. Stephen's plan of three grains in a 

 hole, there were eighteen stalks ; with two grains in a 

 hole, there was about the same number ; but with one 

 seed in a hole, the lowest number of stalks was sixteen, 

 and the highest twenty-two. I planted only about half 

 an acre as a trial, and when I left home a few days 

 since, it looked as much like eight quarters (sixty-four 

 bushels) to the acre as any I have seen. The ears 



