selected for Trial at Southampton. 571 
DIBBLED \VHE.A.TS. 
Quantities 
sown 
per Acre. 
Nuini>ers 
of 
^Vlieats. 
Weifjht 
.' per 
Bvishel. 
Produce per Acre, estimated 
from about one-sixth of an Acre, 
treated as above. 
Head. [ Tail. 
Weij»ht of Straw 
per Acre. 
B. p. y. 
lbs. 
B. P. Q. 
B. P. Q. 
Tons. c» t. qr. lb. 
0 2 0 
2 
58 
21 3 2 
3 0 2 
10 2 4 
0 2 1 
3 
58 
30 2 0 
4 1 0 
1 12 3 0 
0 2 1 
4 
591 
19 1 0 
2 3 0 
0 19 1 14 
0 2 1 
5 
CO 
34 1 2 
6 1 0 
1 13 2 11 
The Southampton wheat in this trial, therefore, so far from turning 
out well, has, both in the drilled and dibbled portions of the field, 
produced a considerably less quantity of grain than the other sorts; it 
likewise appeared more delicate in habit, and therefore cannot be re- 
commended for general use. 
The Fenton wheat, though when drilled yielding less than either 
No. 1 or 3, yet when dibbled at 2 pecks 1 quart per acre, produced 
5 bushels 3 pecks 2 quarts more than No. 3, and 3 bushels 2 pecks 
2 quarts more than No. 1, drilled at 1 bushel 3 pecks per acre; and 
notwithstanding the severity of the rains and wind after the wheats 
came in ear, stood perfectly upright at the time of reaping. I cannot 
but consider this a valuable species; and though not quite on this occa- 
sion justifying the very high eulogium pronounced on its merits by 
Mr. Hope, yet well worthy of general cultivaiion. Nos. 1 and 3 fully 
kept up their reputation, whilst in its produce No. 2 was large. 
Notwithstanding the dibbling in this trial must be considered, as far 
as regards Nos. 2 and 4, a failure, yet I cannot but state my thorough 
conviction, that upon light flat land, free from stones, this system ought 
to be universally adopted. I should, however, recommend not less 
than a bushel to be dibbled per acre, and that the process should take 
place earlier in the season, as when, from the quantity of grain sown 
there cannot be a superabundance of plant, it is of great moment that 
it should be fully established before the alternations of frost and thaw 
commence. The tillering of the plants is extraordinary, as well as the 
strength of the straw, and what is saved in seed may be most bene- 
ficially applied to keeping the land perfectly clean, with advantage to the 
labourer and certain profit to the cultivator. If, indeed, we take two 
instances of the same species of corn from the above tabular results, 
•we cannot fail to be struck with the much greater return from the 
small than from the large quantity sown — for instance, I find that 
No. 2, drilled at 2 bushels per acre, produced 46 bushels 2 pecks ; whilst 
No. 2, dibbled at 2 pecks per acre, gave, say 25 bushels per acre. Two 
pecks of seed, however, were only tried in the latter, whilst four times 
that quantity was used in the former case ; proportionally, therefore, 
instead of 46 bushels 2 pecks, it should have given 100 bushels. 
I throw out these hints for serious consideration, as without doubt such 
a saving of seed as the general introduction of the dibbling-machine 
would produce must be esteemed of national importance. The machine 
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