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thofe which have been fpoilcd by too much 

 heat: neither is it an eafy matter to afcertain 

 the exact degree of heat neceffary to the per- 

 fection of hay. 



Unlefs the farmer can depend upon his feed, 

 how is he to know the quantity proper to be 

 fown per acre ? It is very common to hear him 

 complain : " I fowed fuch a quantity of feed 

 upon the land; but very little has grown [** 

 Perhaps the feed was good for nothing — the 

 land may not have been in a proper condition 

 to receive it — or frofts may have deftroyed it„ 

 The miffing of a crop is mod probably owing 

 to want of care in the procefs -, for we know 

 that feed will vegetate when put properly into 

 the earth, provided the heart or germ of fuch 

 feed be not injured. 



It may not be fuperfluous to obferve, that 

 hay-feeds, although light in themfelves, have 

 confiderable gravity compared with the chaff 

 or hulls which inclofe them. It is the cuftom 

 to drefs thefe hay-feeds by a gentle wind ; and 

 the very lighteft are fold, though they confift 

 of fcarce any thing but chaff. The fower feat- 

 ters, perhaps, eight bufhels of this fluff per 

 acre. But, alas ! he fcratches his head with 



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