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long by three feet broad, and dibbled them with four- 

 rowed bailey. 



No. I, 91 holes, and four feeds in each hole. 



2, 19S ditto, three feeds in each. 



3, 198 ditto, one feed in each. 



4, 198 ditto, two feeds in each. 



No hoeing given ; but before they ripened a net was fuf- 

 pended over the whole, to guard the barley from the ra- 

 vages of birds. 



On Sept. 9th he reaped them, aad clipping off the ears, 

 weighed them. 



No. I, 28I ounces. 

 2, 3r. 



In No. I, 13 grains of feed give one ounce produce. 



2, 19 grams of feed, one ounce produce. 



3, 9I ditto, ditto. 



4, 161 ditto, ditto. 



In No. I, 15 grains of feed per fqnare foot. 



2, 24 ditto, ditto. 



3, 8 ditto, ditto. 



4, 16 ditto, ditto. 



It feems (fays he) remarkable, that comparing No. i and 

 4, the feed are nearly tiie fame, yetthe crop is different, 

 and very conliderably in favour of the feed beinp- crowded 

 together ia cluitcrs, rather than fpread much more equally 

 over the ground. This (continues he) is a moft fingular 

 circnmttance ; it coincides very much with the modem 

 praftice of dibbling wheat, which has been changed gra- 

 dually from one grain in a hole, to two, three, and even 

 four, and this clulter-fowing has been found to anfwer beft. 

 But upon what principles ? and owing fo what caufe ? 

 Theory would feem to tell us, that plants Handing fnigle 

 would have regular fpaces for the roots to feed in, witliout 

 flruggling with each other for nonrifliment : but there muft 

 be fome other circumllance which more than balances this 

 advantage. The farmers fay that the plants affift each 

 other : but how ? Is it by (helter ? is it by an accelerated 

 fermentative motion from additional warmth ? Very ob- 

 fcure ali this, but highly deferving further repeiited and 

 varied experiments. Mere quantity of feed appears to have 

 much effed ; No. 2, the moll feed, has of all the greateft 

 crop. 



It is a commbn praftice in fome parts, to fcatter the 

 dung of pigeons, poultry. Sec. over barley and other grain 

 after tliey are fown ; but if this method be pnrfued, care 

 fhould be taken to fcatter fuch dungs on immediately, becaufe 

 then the flioot will eafily make its way through ; but when 

 laid on later, it is apt to burn up and deftroy the blades of 

 the young plants. 



It often happens, on the more ftiff foils, from unfavourable 

 weather and an extremely di-y fpring, that it is impoifible, by 

 the common metliod, to break the clods and prepare the 

 ground lufficiently for fowing barley ; in which cafe it has been 

 the ufual method to break the clods with a large beetle, called 

 from its ufe a clotting-heetld : but this being a very expcnfive 

 and tedious method of prepai ing land, induced the ingenious 

 Mr. Rar.d;iii of Y rk to conilruft an inftrument, which he 

 Ci'.lh ^ff.ky roller, by the affiilance of which a large quantity 

 of land may, in fuch a dry feafon, be foon reduced to an 

 exceeding fine tilth, with vci-y little trouble. See Spike 

 Roller. 



After the barley is fown and harrowed in, the ground 

 fllould be rolled after the firft fhowcr of rain, to break the 

 clods and lay the earth fmooth, which will render it cafier 

 to mow the crop, and aKo caufe the earth to lie clofer to the 



rocts of the corn, which may be of great fcrvice to it in dry 

 weather : and alfo when the barley has been up three weeks 

 or a month, it may be a good method fomctimcs to roll it 

 over with a weighty roller, which will again prefs the earth 

 clofe to the roots of the com, and thereby prevent the fun 

 and air from penetrating the ground in dry ftafons ; and 

 this rolling of it before it ilalks, may likewife caufe k to 

 tiller out into a greater number of ilalks ; fo that if the 

 plants fhould be thin, it may caufe them to fpread fo as to 

 fill the ground, and likewife llrengthen the (terns. 



If the corn fhould grow too rank, as is fomctimcs the 

 cafe in a wet fpring, mowing is then much better than feed- 

 ing it, becaufe the fcythe takes off only the rank tops, but 

 the Iheep feed upon all indifferently ; nor fiiould they even 

 in any cafe be left upon it too long, becaufe, being particu- 

 larly fond of the fweet end of the ftalk next the root, 

 they bite fd clofely as to injure the future growth of the 

 plant. 



Barley is ripe when the -red roan, as the farmers tei-m it 

 (a reddiih colour on the ear), is gone off, or when the ear« 

 droop and fall as it were double againil the ftraw, and the 

 flalks have loll their verdure. If it be full of weeds, it 

 muft lie in the fwath till they are dry. It is not apt to 

 (hed, but in wet weather it will be apt to fprout or grow 

 mufty ; and, therefore, ever)- fair day after rain it fhould be 

 fhook up and turned ; and when it is tolerably dry, let it 

 be made up into fliocks ; but be careful never to houfe it 

 till thoroughly dry, lell it mow-burn, which will make it 

 malt worfe than if it had fpired in the field. 



Barley, Caujlic Indian. SeeVzRiAscvM Sevadilla. 



Barley IValer {Decoiium Hordei P.Londisf Ed.). It 

 is of fome coniequence that the preparations which generally 

 fall under the care of the nurfe, fhould be made with as 

 much attention as thofe of the apothecai-y. Barley water, 

 cither by itfelf or with a variety of additions, forms an agree- 

 able and valuable drink for the fick room. When prepared 

 in the following manner, it is fmooth, uniform, and palatable. 

 Take of pearl-barley two ounces, water five pounds : fird 

 wafh the barley from the mealy matter that adheres to it, 

 with fome cold water; then boil it a little with about half a 

 pound of water to extraA the colouring matter ; throw this 

 away, and put the barley thus purified into five pounds of 

 boiling water, which is to be boiled down to one half, and 

 drained. 



Barley Water Compound, [DecoSum Hordei Compojltum P. 

 Lond.) Take of the preceding barley water two pints; 

 diced figs two'ounces; liquorice root, Hiced and bruifed, 

 half an ounce ; raifins, iloned, two ounces; water one pint ; 

 boil to two pints, and ftrain. This decoClion is more tallt- 

 ful than the former, and is very palatable ; it forms a 

 good demulcent liquor in fore throats of every kind, and is 

 very confiderably nourilhing. It is apt, however, to cloy 

 the ftomach if taken in large quantity ; lemon juice, or any 

 other acid, may be added to it with advantage. 



Barley-^W, in Ornithology, a name given in Suffex to 

 the Si/kin. 



B-iRLEy-forn is ufed to denote a long meafure, contain- 

 ing in length the third part of an inch, and in breadth the 

 eighth. 



The French carpenters alfo ufe barley-corn, grain d'orge, 

 as equivalent to the line or the twelfth part of an inch. 



BARLEY-r(?/n, grain d'orge, is alfo uled, in Building, for a 

 little cavity between the mouldings of jomers' work, fcrv- 

 ing to feparate or keep them afundcr ; tiius called be- 

 caufe made with a kind of plane of the fame name. 

 BARLEV^/^ar. See Sugar. 



Barley-ww, in Geography, a creek on the fouth-weft 



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