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PR O DUCTION 



Sect. X VI. 



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SECT 



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TILE rRODUCTION QF SEEDS. 



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?J. To produce feeds early, i. Sow before zvinter^ or in warm fit 



pi 



3. Cut offfuperfluous JI: 



lefs 



s. a. Tranf- 

 II. To pro- 



duce feeds in great quantity, i. Soiv early ^ or xvhen the feed ripens. 2. Tranf- 



plant the roots deeper^ or 

 .drill hujbandry. Dibbling 



ih them up. Horje-hoe and hand-hoe. Improved 



level. Egyptian wheat with branch-- 



lands laid 



tng 



Dejlroy the central JJ: 



do 



This 



Jometimes injurious. 4, 'Finch off ufelefs Jummits of beans. Eat down too vig 



ous wheat. 5. Roll it to lejfen the fl. 



6. Give lef 



111. To ripen 



feeds. I. Warmth and drynefs 



Frojly nights. 3. Lime forwards the riper. 



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ing of feeds 



off bulbs and root fuckers of orchis. Helianthus tuber of 



Rheum palmatum. IV. To generate beft kinds of feeds/ Choofe early pi 



nfulated from others 



ipregnate the fligmas of fome with the anther- dujl of 



others . Whence peas may be produced of diffe 



V. To colled good 



feed 



Change of feeds is tifelefsy unlefs for better kinds. Choofe the ear lief feeds 



Pick out the largefi potatoes for plantings and the befl radifhes for feed^ and the 

 e'arliefi ears of wheat. VL To determine the goodnefs of feeds. Weigh a 

 meafure of them. Cafi them into fait water. Beans more economical than oats 



as provender. Seeds continue to improve during the water-months. VII. To 

 ■preferve feeds, i. Collet before they fhed naturally. Dry them before they are 

 flacked. Gluten of wheat deftroyed by fermentation. Make the corn-fack highefl 



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in the middde. The great durability of feeds. Keep them dry. Not in contact 



with zvalls. Convenient oat-boxes for fables. Wheat dried on a malt-kiln to pre- 

 ferve it. 2. Ventilation prevents mould. 3. Seclude them from heat^ beneath the 



foil. In ice-houfes. 4, Magazines of grainfuffered to vegetate at top. ' Covetous 



farmers. 5. New and old feeds. 6. Preferve feeds infugar^ or in char coaly for 



, long voyages. And flefj-meat in treacle. Viil. To fow feeds advantageoufly. 



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