Of Eels in blighted Wheat. 

 other Caufes affigned by him, is 

 frequently occasioned by the lowing 

 of Seed intermixed with blighted 

 Grains. For if we fuppofe, that 

 thefe Animals meet with in the 

 Ground fufficient Moifture to give 

 them Life, if I may fo term it, ei- 

 ther they, or their Eggs may eafily 

 communicate, and rife with the 

 young Corn. Accordingly Mr. Bradley 

 prefcribes a ftrong Brine to be made 

 with a Diffolution of Allum in it, 

 which if the Seed be fteeped in it 

 for the Space of thirty Hours, after 

 it has been warned in Frefh- Water, 

 and the Grains that fwim at the 

 Top, as the blighted Corn will, 

 carefully Hummed off, will effectually 

 preferve the new Crop from any 

 Infection of that kind : Which Ef- 

 fect in all Probability may be owing 

 to the faline Particles penetrating 

 the Grains, and deftroying the Ani- 

 malcules, wherever they find the 

 leaft Remains of them. He aflerts at 

 the fame time, that if ever this Ma- 

 ceration has proved ineffectual, it is 

 to be attributed either to the want 

 of Strength in the Brine, or an Al- 

 lowance of competent Time for the 



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