Mr. W. Jones on the Mildew in Wheat. £07 



state the comparative difference, and the number of sheaves that produced it, viz. 



lbs. 

 Thirty-five sheaves of the wheat not in the least mildewed, produced 1 



bushel, weighing - - - - - 61 



Forty-two sheaves of that which was mildewed, and after being cut, laid 

 on the ground and covered, produced 1 bushel, weighing - 58 



Forty-eight sheaves of that equally mildewed as the last- mentioned, set up 

 in the ordiiary war, produced 1 bushel, weighing - - ggi 



So that the wheat which had no mildew produced -5- more in quantity than that 

 which was mildewed, and after being cut, laid on the ground, and covered, besides 

 3 lbs. per bushel heavier ; and that wliich was laid on the ground and covered, 

 though equally mildewed with that which was set up in the ordinary xvay, pro- 

 duced -5- more, with the addition of 2^ lbs. per bushel, which must be thought no 

 inconsiderable saving to the public. But the whole saving appears by the follow- 

 ing statement of 8 bushels of 58 lbs. instead of 7 bushels of 55^ lbs. to be nearly 

 •i wanting 11 lbs. only ; but nothing short of it, when it is considered that all the 

 other parts of the 464 lbs. produces more of the farinaceous part of the grain ; be- 

 cause the heavier the gram is, the less is the bran; for 1 bushel of 5,8 lbs. will have 

 less bran than 1 bushel of 55!^ lbs.: ' 



lbs. 



8 bushels of 58 is 



7 bushels of 55^^ is - - 



Multiply 



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Had this wheat weighing 58 lbs, per bushel produced from 42 sheaves remained 

 a week longer before it had been cut, I have no doubt it would have been equally 

 bad as some that had been too long deferred to be cut in 1800, and set up in the 

 common way, when a great part of a field was so bad that it required from SQ to 

 70 sheaves to produce 1 bushel, weighing from 48 lbs. to 51 lbs. according to the 

 degree of injury it had received. This great deficiency in the produce of my 

 crop, as well as that of others in the neighbourhood, operated as a stimulus to my 



