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 Drilled Wheat. 



In I759» Mr. Scroope drilled fome wheat 

 \ipon a cold loam, rather fpringy : It was 

 w^ell prepared by a fummer fallow. The 

 firft week in OBober it was drilled, in equally 

 diftant rows 22 inches afunder ; the corn 

 came up very finely. From Chrijimas to the 

 end of February^ catching hard frojfts, and 

 a deep fnow; the end of that month the 

 froft broke. Fine w^eather to the 7th of 

 Mar do. On the 8 th, the rows were horfe- 

 hoed for the firft time, with M. Du HamePs 

 miner. The corn looks but indifferent, 

 having fufFered by the frofts. 



May 23d, hoed again with the fame in- 

 ftrument; much recovered fince the firft 

 hoeing. Jwte i6th, hand-weeded. Augnjl 

 13th, began to reap; but fome broad-caft 

 adjoining, not till the 23d. 



Two acres and one half In the old huf- 

 bandry produced 99 ftooks, each 12 flieaves, 

 which yielded 99 buftiels, or per acre 38 

 bufhels. 



One acre in the drilled way produced 24 

 ftooks, each ten flieaves, which yielded 24 



bufliels. 



%,B,F. 



Old hufbandry, - - 460 



New ditto, ' - - - 300 



Superiority of the former, - 160 



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