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and that part fown after dinner, might be dif- 

 tinguifhed to an inch. Had the wheat remain- 

 ed unfown two hours longer, the chamberlie 

 would probably have killed it all. The part 

 fown after the rain was the bed crop at reap- 

 ing. I have frnce tried twenty experiments by 

 fowing in rain, or when land is wet ; and I 

 always found it anfwer in the autumn. In 

 fpring the practice is improper, as there is dan- 

 ger of the land's fetting. 



Shearing or reaping with the fickle is mod 

 generally pracYrfed in refpect to wheat when fit 

 to cut ; but in fome parts they mow it — a me- 

 thod I much difapprove of. Although reaping 

 cods double the price of mowing, the differ- 

 ence is much more than made up by the great 

 faving of grain, and by the goodnefs of the 

 draw for the purpofe of cutting into chaff : 

 for by (hearing you have only the fine part of 

 the draw, and it requires lefs carrying, and lefs 

 room in the barn or dack ; and the dubble 

 ferves for litter. If fhorn, the bed method of 

 fecuring wheat in the field for harved, is to 

 fet up ten fheaves againd each other, and hood 

 or cap them. Hooding or capping will pre- 

 vent the pigeons doing damage, and, by being 

 a good guard againd rain, give an opportunity 



