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44 moft extraordinary wafte was made by bad 

 " reapers, to vvhofe lot this acre fell. They 

 " cut it fo high that many of the ears, which 

 u by their great weight bended down very 

 44 low, were cut off and fell on the ground, 

 " and were there left much thicker than is 

 ufual. This wafte was greater than any I 

 " had ever feen: fo that, I believe, if it had been 

 44 as well reaped as moft of the reft of my 

 * wheat was, there would have been thirty- 

 44 two bufhels received from this acre. 



** The difference of the appearance of the 

 < hand-hoed and of the horfe-hoed, whilft 

 4C they were ftanding, was fo great as to de- 

 ' ceive many who law them, and to induce 

 44 many to imagine, that the product of the 

 " former, would be double to that of the 

 * latter ; though it was really little more than 

 * an eighth part greater. 



** The horfe-hoed (hews the whole interval 

 44 empty until the grain is almoft full, which 

 44 is a great advantage to the crop : becaufe, 

 < unlels the air did freely enter therein, to 

 4C ftrengthen the lower parts of the ftalk, 

 " they would not be able to fupport fuch pro- 

 44 digious ears (fome containing an hundred 

 44 and twelve large grains a-piece) from fall- 

 tl ing on the ground. 



" When the grains are full, the ears turn 

 ' their upper ends downwards, and are all 

 <* feen in the intervals, and nothing but ftraw 

 44 on the rows: this reverie pofture of the 



ears 



