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receive any, cr grow larger. The ftraw be* 

 comes fpoited aiid black. The fooner then it 

 is cut, the better I took twelve ears of the 

 wheat, which, as likewife the ftraw, were green 

 as grafs, and mildewed. A great deal of rain 

 had fallen the fore part of the day, but the 

 wheat-ears were pretty dry. I tied them in a, 

 bunch, intending to hang them up in fome dry 

 place to ripen ; but on my return home forgot, 

 and thought no more about them. My great 

 coat, being ufed only when there was reafon to 

 expect rain, was hung up in a hall ; and feveral 

 weeks afterwards, on putting my hand into one 

 of the pockets, I found the ears of wheat, which 

 immediately brought the circumftance to my 

 recollection* The ftraw ilill remained green. 

 I rubbed out the grain; and, to my aftonifh- 

 ment, never faw better. It was fine in colour, 

 and well filled; but what remained in the field 

 I took thefe ears from, was very fmall, and of 

 little value. 



From this it would appear, that were wheat 

 cut on the appearance of the mildew, and fet 

 in the field in fmall flacks of about a cart-load 

 each, fo as neither to heat nor mould, it might 

 render it much better than is done by the me- 

 thod 



