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L The Extract of a Letter from Sir Ric!^ 
Bulkley, S. K. S. to Dr. Lifter, come, 7e 
Improvement to be wade by Maize ; u.iha> 
Note on the fame by John Ray, US. 
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Tanfacl. 
Y long Silence has only proceeded fi m my defire 
of having Matter worthy the communicating to 
Numb, 142 i - 1 • 0 rr n. r . 
* you, which it was neceii ;ry tor me to expect ; I mean the 
Harveft of my Maiz, winch notw ithftanding it I fou H 
it fix Weeks later than I ought to have done, yet is it 
now, what is ripe, of fo great profit, that it may, I ve- 
rily believe, render ufelets the Cultivation of the Field 
White Pea, (to which Grain it is the moft like in Tafte 
and Figure). The greateft Profit that ever I have heard 
of White Peafe, has been twenty Barrels reap'd for one 
fown ; but this, I am fure, had I fown it in the middle 
of April, (whereas I fow'd it not 'till the end of May) it 
would have yielded me 1910 for one, perhaps twice or 
thrice fo many for one, as you may judge by the follow> 
ing Computation : The Grappe I ufedfor Seed, grew in 
Brandenhurg, and it, and the reft that I did not yet fow, 
had eight Sides or Rows of Grain, each of which Rows 
has thirty Grains (perhaps, in its own Country, it may 
have more in a Row ) fo that each ripe Grappe has 140 
Grains. I made Experiment with one of thefe in good 
Orchard Grouod,(which had been indeed dung'dforfome 
other Legumes the laft Year J} afl d fow'd them in Rows, 
each Row about a Yard afunder, and each Grain about a. 
Footafunder in the Row, taking care to preferve them 
from the Mice 'tili above Ground. Now out of each 
Grain came up 3, 4, 5, or 6 Stems, (my Suifikys, he 
rarely has feen above two or three elfewhere) every of 
which Stems had four, three , or two of thefe \ Grappes. 
Now thefe Grains ripening gradually, that is thofe Grains 
firft, 
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