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'which her husband assists, and by the same 
operation, the wheat seed is covered deep. 
She leaves it quite rough,, and the winter 
frost mellows the earth, and by the earth 
falling down it adds much strength and 
vigour to the wheat plants in the spring. 
Her crops of wheat have been of late always 
good, and even this year, which in this 
country has not been favourable for the-' 
wheat crop, she has thrashed out fifteen 
Winchester bushels from her thirty-four 
poles, tho part of her wheat has suffered 
by the mildew. The average of wheat in 
moderate years to her near neighbours, is 
twenty-eight Winchester bushels per acre* 
which is more' than the general average 
of the county, being near the town dung. 
The straw of her wheat she carefully pre. 
serves for litter to her pig, and to increase 
her manure. 
When her potatoes are gathered, she 
separates the best for use, then a proper 
quantity for next year's seed, and the small, 
.sort are given to her pig. She has sixteen 
poles for her garden, upon which, she 
