1178 WHEAT. 



Mr. M, Hill prefers tlie red chafF, red wheat, to die 

 ■white; less Hkcly to grow in harvest; but white better 

 sample and price. 



Time of sowing. — Mr. Robinson, of Watton, an in- 

 teliigent attentive fanner, of 30 years experience, is clear 

 that on their soils, wliich are not light, the sooner the 

 wheat is sown, the better the crop. 



IVIr. Mason, of NeiSton, is a great friend to early sow- 

 ing: he has put wheat in even in harvest time; old seed, 

 kept in the straw and threshed just before sowing; and his 

 success has proved the efficacy of early sowing. He has 

 had it green in August, and not the worse ; but in ge- 

 neral, he reckons September the prime season: he sows 

 old wheat to chuse, and does not steep, nor has lie been 

 troubled with the smut. 



At East Bilney, and the adjoining parishes, they think 

 they never sow wheat on heavy land too soon : but on light 

 soils, and all given to red weed, a month after Micliaclmas; 

 nor is such land able to carry through forward crops. 



Mr. Salter, of Winborough, begins dibbling iaime- 

 diatcly after harvest, using old wheat. 



Mr. Whiting, of Fring, is a great friend to early- 

 sowing of wheat. In 1799, he drilled on the 27th of 

 August, and this harvest got the crop up before any rain 

 fell ; while nine-tenths of the w-heat through the whole 

 neighbourhood, is growing in the s/ioch, or In the ear, as 

 it stands. He would wish always to have his seed in the 

 ground within the month of September. The crop above- 

 mentioned was one of the very best he has ever had. 



Mr. Overman wishes to have all his wheat in on lays 

 bv Old Michaelmas. 



Mr. M. Hill prefers from the istto the 20th of OiSlo- 

 ber, and never wishes to be later on the flag ; but on the 

 tempered land, no objedlion to a fortnight later. 



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