290 WHEAT. 



Mr. EeAcHer, of HlUingdon, drills at nine inches, 

 and hand-hoes. 



Mr. Beck, of Castle Riseing, drills at nine inches, and 

 hand-hoes twice, at is. gd. or 2s. each time. 



Mr. Porter, of Watlington, drills his wheat on layers, 

 if on the flat, hut not on ridges : he has 100 acres of 

 wheat, and half of it drilled : dibbles much, a pradtice he 

 has a very high opinion of, but thinks he gets nearly as 

 much by the drill. 



Mr. Priest, ofBesthorpe, dills on strongisli land at 

 nine inches, and intends trying at twelve this year ; but 

 if the furrows on layers do not whelm well, but stand on 

 edge, he then dibbles, as the drill does not work well. 

 He scarifies in March, and if necessary hand-hoes, if not, 

 horse-hces twice, if he has the opportunity. Success much 

 depends on the ridges being well formed for a bout of tlie 

 machine, and they ought to be rolled and harrowed, and 

 ieft some time for the air to pulverize, before drilling. 



" Scarning'Sckool Farniy Aug. 10, i802n 

 " DEAR SIR, 



•* In compliance with your desire and my promise, I 

 ■will endeavour to describe, as accurately as I can, the 

 method I used in drilling the field of wheat which you 

 saw, when you did me the honour of calling upon me at 

 Seaming. 



** The field consists of about twelve acres, and is a 

 mixed soil: last year it grew clover and ray-grass after 

 barley, and as soon as the first crop of clover was reaped, 

 and the second crop fed ofF with sheep and cows, I broke 

 it up in order to temper it for wheat. It was ploughed 

 twice and scuffled twice, which, with many harrowings, 



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