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of the millj where he supposed it would be of any 
advantage, and they left the wheat and the mill in 
a short time. On this information, I took ail the 
wheat out of the bin, which I white-washed, and 
after it was dry, put the wheat back into the same 
bin, adding a handful of line unslaked lime sprink¬ 
led over every 4 or 5 bushels returned into the bin, 
’till the wdiole was put in, and over the top was 
sprinkled 5 or 6 handfuls, and wdthin 10 or 12 
days the weavel all left it, there not being one to 
be discovered. I then used the wheat, after win¬ 
nowing it, and there was no injury experienced to 
the wheat on account of the lime, it all blew off by 
winnowing with the dust made by the weavels in 
eating the wheat, which was very considerable* 
After the experiment was made, the wheat did not 
remain long in the bin before it was sold or used. 
Had it stood any considerable time after the lime was 
slaked and lost the effect of slaking, this experi¬ 
ment docs not prove but they might have returned, 
notwithstanding the lime remaining with the wheat 5 
but, should this be the case, Uis only removing the 
wheat again, and adding unslaked lime in the man¬ 
ner I have before mentioned, though I should not 
think they will return, for a considerable time, to 
the bin when there is so much lime, if at alL 
