194 APPENDIX. [March, 



of the Agricultural Society, the result of an experiment, which con- 

 firms the imj)ortant truth, taught in various parts of their useful publi- 

 cations. That, to ensure an early and good crop, the seeds reserved 

 for future sowing should be those, which are the first ripe, and which 

 are, in other respects, the most perfect. 



Extracts from a letter of Joseph Cooper, of New Jersey, in 1799. 



* * "This kind of corn I have continued planting ever since, se- 

 lecting that designed for seed in the manner I would wish others to 

 try, viz. — When the first ears are ripe enough for seed, gather a suf-^ 

 ficient quantity for early corn, or replanting; and at the time you 

 would wish your corn to be ripe generally, gather a sufficient quantity 

 for planting the next year, having particular care to take it from 

 stalks that are large at bottom, of a regular taper, not over tall, the 

 ears set low, and containing the greatest number of good sizeable 

 ears of the best quality, let it dry speedily, and from the corn gath- 

 ered as last described, plant your main crop, and if any hills should 

 be missing, replant from that first gathered, which will cause the crop 

 to ripen more regularly than is common, which is a great benefit. The 

 above mentioned I have practised many years, and am satisfied it has 

 increased the quantity, and improved the quality of my crops beyond 

 what any person would imagine, who has not tried the experiments.'* 



" For many years past, I have renewed the whole seed of my win- 

 ter grain, from a single plant which I have observed to be more pro- 

 ductive, and of belter quality than the rest, which I am satisfied has 

 been of great use, and I am fully of opinion, that all kinds of garden 

 vegetables may be improved by the foregoing methods." 



G. 



ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF WHEAT. 



To show the extraordinary exactness with which experiments have 

 been made in this matter, I subjoin the following tables. The weights 

 given in the first table are apothecaries', and " gros" means drams. 



