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Sect. XVI. 6. i. 



OF 



SEEDS. 



45S 



and climates, it muft be advantageous for the a-rlcultor to mfped 



o 



other crop 



well as h 



and thus wh 



h 



can find a 



which is more 



fuperior vegetation to colle6l feeds from 



improve his crops than an indifcriminate change of feed 



purchafed without a previous obfervatioa 



But where feed-corn is 

 f its fuperior excellence, perhaps it would be more advantageous 



take that from better kinds of foil 



d from fomewhat bett 



cli- 



mates 



as the -ood habits acquired by fuch feeds may be continued 



lono- after their removal to inferior fituations. And on the contrary, 

 care fliould be taken not to colka a change of feeds from worfe cli- 

 mates or inferior foils, unlefs the agricultor is previouay certain that 



they are of a fuperior kind. 



VI. I. To determ'me the goodnefs of feeds, the weighing a given mea- 



a criterion; as it is known, 

 thofe which are lefs perfed 



fure of them may generally be efleemed 

 that when feeds are put into cold 



liable to fwim 



d the found ones to fink ; th 



perfe£t 



feeds of rye-grafs and of clover may be deteded by throwing a fpoon- 

 ful of them bto water ; but the feeds of rye-grafs are faid to be fre- 

 quently adulterated by a mixture of the feeds of twitch o^^^og's grafs 

 which can only be difcovered by an experienced ey ^' " 



faid to be a tefl of the goodnefs of malt 



Th 



thofe grains, which 



perfeaiy germinated, will fwim with one end upwards, I fuppofe 

 the root end ; ""and thofe which are perfedly germinated fwim on their 

 fide, whilft the found ungerminated barley finks in water. 



It is therefore a proper criterion of good feed-wheat to caft it into 



?in ecrcr : as the more fait is 



and h 



none but 



fait and water, juft fo faUne as to float an e< 

 diffolved in the water, the heavier it becomes 

 quite found grains of wheat will fink in this brine 



fwims is properly rejedled. 



fteeping wheat in brine is probably of greater confequence to the 



; and that which 

 This rejedion of the light grains by 



fuing crop 



than the adhefion of any fait to th 



grain 



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