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much better than that harvefted according to 

 the old method. I do not however think that 

 wheat which has not taken the mildew ought 

 to be cut fo green. 



Rye fown along with wheat is a great pre- 

 ventative of the mildew; for rye is of a much 

 drier nature, and mod certainly prevents fo 

 much damp rifing to the ftraw of the wheat, 

 It is evident the damp rifes upwards; for if you 

 build a houfe upon a wet or damp foundation, 

 all the fun and air in the univerfe will not fuf- 

 ficiently make it comfortably dry and warm. 

 You will find fwamps on a field more fubject 

 to mildew than the more elevated parts. I have 

 fown rye mixed with wheat upon one piece of 

 a field, and on the next wheat only -, and the 

 wheat amongft the rye was fcarcely damaged, 

 and the other in a very bad condition from the 

 mildew. As the damp from the earth is the 

 principal caufe of this malady in corn, the bed 

 remedy is to drain the land, and to lay on it 

 manure of the dried nature, fuch as bones, 

 afhes, &c. 



There are other proofs of the damp from the 



earth caufmg the mildew j fuch as, that other 



-white corn is not fo much, or feldom at all, at- 



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