1 62 THE "PRACTICE OF THE 



" the earlieft, the drilled half-acre next, and 

 " the four horfe-hoed acres laft of all. The 

 " third and laft horfe-hoeing was performed 

 " in the beginning of July. This turned the 

 " eai;th towards the rows, and left a furrow 

 " in the midft of the intervals. 



' On the 3 1 ft of Auguft, 1736, the half- 



" acre fowed by hand, and the half-acre 



*' drilled in equal diflant rows, were mowed ; 



" and on the i5th of September, the four 



" horfe-hoed acres were mowed : the ears of 



u thefe were far from being equally ripe, be- 



<e caufe the extreme wet feafon had caufed fe- 



* veral frefh (hoots at the time the firfl and 



" principal were ripening. The feed was 



" fowed too thin on the two acres drilled with 



*' triple rows, and in coufequence there 



" were feveral vacant fpaces in the rows ; and 



" this was certainly fome diminution of the 



ie crop. The ears of barley throughout the 



46 four horfe-hoed acres were furprizingly 



" large. Several contained thirty-eight grains 



* each (which is uncommon, at leaft, in my 



*' neighbourhood). I believe the number of 



* grains in an ear were, at a medium, about 



" thirty. 



' The many florms of wind and rain had 

 " lodged the corn in many places. I had 

 " fome barley this year, fown by hand, on 

 " frefh and good land , which was fo lodged 

 " in thofe places where the land was the 

 " richeft, and the corn the thickeft, that the 



** great eft 



