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of the fait and water, fprinkleit over with cham- 

 berlie, or with water in which arfenic has been 

 boiled (one pound to eight gallons of wateF ;) 

 then throw on dry lime to make it fpread, and to 

 prevent the birds, which do not like the lime, 

 from eating it. Oats and barley may be pre- 

 pared in the fame manner as wheat. The ar- 

 fenic-water or chamberlie penetrates into the 

 infected or damaged grain, deflroys the vege- 

 tative power, and caufes it to rot in the ground; 

 by which means more room is left for the found 

 to grow. The operation with the chamberlie 

 or arfenic-water is dangerous; and often almofl 

 the whole crop is fpoiled by it. This will ap- 

 pear from the following accident that happen- 

 ed to me : the chamberlie, being taken from 

 the bottom of the tub where it was kept, and 

 confequently (tronger, killed the feed-wheat. 

 I had deeped the wheat in fait and water over 

 night, as is our ufual way, and then fprinkled 

 it with chamberlie and lime. The time of 

 fowing was from eight o'clock in the morning 

 to four o'clock in the afternoon, The wheat 

 that was fown at eight in the morning, fprung 

 up the fame as that fown on the preceding day; 

 but kept declining, and became thinner and 

 thinner, until at lift fcarccly a tenth part grew. 



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