T R 



T R 



very fevere Winters, when the other 

 Sorts of Wheat have been deftroy'd, 

 this Sort has been fown upon the 

 Land, and has fucceeded very well: 

 but the Grain of this being much 

 thinner, it doth not produce near fo 

 much Flour as many of the other 

 Sorts ; for which tafon it has been 

 neglecled of late Years. 



The tenth Sort is not much culti- 

 vated at prefent in England, the 

 Grain being thin, and the Flour of 

 it is but coarfe. This is very hardy, 

 and will grow upon any Soil. 



The fix-rowed Wheat is alfo lefs 

 common than many other Sorts in 

 England. The Ears of this are but 

 llhort, and nave each fix Rows of 

 Grain in tiiem. I have obferv'd fome 

 Fields of this Corn in Kent fome 

 Years paft. 



i The twelfth' Sort is cultivated in 

 many Parts of England. The Grain 

 of this is pretty long, but not fo full 

 is that of .fome other Sorts ; and it 

 lhas a much greater Quantity of 

 Chaff. I have feen fome Fields of 

 t in Sujfex ; and it is alfo much cul- 

 tivated in Wales. The Awns of this 

 Sort are as long as thofe of Rye ; fo 

 hat at a little Diftance it may be 

 aken for Rye while it is in Ear. 



But of all the Sorts, I think the 

 rlt, fourth, and fifth, are the bell 

 yorth cultivating in this Country, as 

 •eing very hardy, and affording a 

 xeater Quantity of Flour than the 

 eft : though I know fome Perfons 

 refer the third to either, on account 

 f the extreme VVhitenefs of its Ears, 

 ome Perfons efteem the bearded 

 Vheat, becaufe they think it is not fo 

 ibjedt to Mildew as the Sorts with- 

 ut Awns ; but of this I think there 

 no Certainty ; for moft of the Far- 

 ers near London prefer the coned 

 /heat to any other. 

 The Seafon for fowing of Wheat 

 lin the Autumn, in moift Weather. 

 Vol. III. 



In the Down-countries the Farmers 

 begin fowing of their Wheat in Au- 

 gujly if there happens Rain ; fo that 

 when they are in their Harvett, if 

 the Weather flops them, they employ 

 their People in fowing: for if the 

 Corn is not forward in ti e Autumn, 

 fo as to cover the Ground before 

 Winter, it feldom fucceeds well on 

 thofe dry Lands ; efpecaily if the 

 Spring mould prove dry. But in the 

 low ftrong Lands, if they get theit 

 Wheat into the Ground by the Mid- 

 dle of No vember, the Farmers think 

 they are in good Seafon : but fome- 

 times it fo happens, from the Bad- 

 nefs of the Seafon, that in mar.y 

 Places the Wheat is not fown till 

 Cbriftmas, or after; but this late- 

 fown Wheat is fubjecl to run too 

 much to Straw, efpecially if the 

 Spring mould prove moift. 



The ufual Allowance of Seed- 

 wheat to one Acre of Land, is three 

 Bufhels ; but from repeated Experi- 

 ments, it has been found, that half 

 that Quantity is fufheient: therefore, 

 if the Farmers have regard to their 

 own Intereft, they mould fave this 

 Expence of Seed, which amounts to 

 a confiderable Article in large Farms, 

 efpecially when it is to be purchased; 

 which moft of the fkiiful Farmers do, 

 at leaft every other Year, by way of 

 Change ; for they find, that the 

 Seeds continued long upon the fame 

 Land will not fucceed fo well, as 

 when they procure a Change of Seeds 

 from a diftant Country. And the 

 fame is praciis'd by the Hufbandmen 

 of the Low- Countries, who common- 

 ly procure frefh Seeds from Sicily 

 every fecond or third Year ; which 

 they find fucceed better with. them, 

 than the Seeds of their own Coun- 

 try. In the Choice of the Seeds, 

 particular regard mould be had to 

 the Land upon which it grew; for if 

 it is light Land, the Wheat which 

 4 U grew 



