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& the ftubble from being buried by the plough* 

 ? and from growing mouldy in the land 

 " from which mouldinefs, I have great reafo 1 } 

 " to think, fmut proceeds. 



" Another thing to be noticed is, that I al- 

 ." low lefs feed to my land than moft of my 

 < neighbours ; my quantity being'from feVen 

 '* to nine pecks of wheat, from nine to twelve 

 ' of barley, and about twelve of oats, to an 

 ** acre of land : but it is ajways to be pre- 

 *' fumed, that the feed I fow is good. If 

 " any farmer (hould imagine, that thefe 

 " quantities are too fmall, let him fuppofe 

 46 every wheat-plant to occupy a fpace of fix 

 ** inches fquare, which is fmall enough ; let 

 ." him then calculate, how many fuch fpaces 

 " there are in a fquare acre. When he has 

 *' done this, let him proceed to count how many 

 " grains of wheat there are in a pint, which 

 * multiply by the number of pints in nine 

 ** pecks, and he will find, by the refult, that 

 ' I, in fact, allow too much feed.*' 



In the third volume of the Mufenm 

 Rufticum, p. 151. an old Norfolk -fa. mer 

 gives a very fenfible account of his manage- 

 ment of wheat crops, refpefting the feeding 

 down wheat in the fpring, with flieep ^ 

 and then concludes, as follows ; 



* We muft not always judge the farmer*? 

 " profits by the produce of his land, which 

 /> fpme of your readers may think odd; but 



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