178 Mr. Wright's Agricultural Experiments. 



was not a mildew year; as it was perfectly green when all the others were down 

 ripe. It appeared, indeed, as if Nature had not time to perform her offices, as many 

 large ears were nearly empty, being nothing more than shapes of ears. The 

 superiority of the spring wheat over the autumnal, is very great indeed, being 

 £Z- 15^'' A^' per acre, exclusive of the difference in quahty, and the price each 

 would have fetched at market, as the spring wheat was worth at least 10s. per 

 quarter more than the other, on account of its being mildewed, and very thin and 

 light, which makes more than £"4. 155. ^d. per acre superiority, which is the 

 value of an ordinary crop, I have charged them all at the prices I judged ne- 

 cessary they should be at to pay the grower, and not what they would actually have 

 sold for at the time ; wheat at £^3. ; barley at £1. \6s. ; oats at £"1, 45. Should 

 you think these prices improper, they may be easily altered. 



Experiment III. 



An Experiment made, in order to ascertain the proper depth Seed Barley should 

 be deposited in the Earth, after Turnips, to produce the greatest Crop. 



April 9th, 1 805. Four half roods were measured off, ploughed, and sowed as 

 follows : 



No. 1. sowed with two pecks of barley, the ground tilled and harrowed fine, and 

 then the seed sown, and no more harrowing than merely to hide the seed from the 

 birds. 



No. 2. Sowed with ditto, previous to harrowing, consequently buried deeper 

 than No. 1. 



No. 3. Sowed with ditto, and ploughed in two inches deep. 



No. 4. Sowed with ditto, and ploughed in four inches deep. 



The crops of all excellent, and no superiority discernable by the eye : all reaped 

 September 2d. 



PRODUCE. 



value per acre, at 36^. per qr. 



This experiment appears quite conclusive in favour of shallow sowing, as the 



