which I had a fair crop. I picked the young seedling 
sprouts off the rest and mixed with my first gathering of 
what was newly sown. This was very good; during one 
season I let these shoots grow too long ; the consequence 
was that the fibrous parts became like so many sticks and 
afforded no spontaneous juices. When you design to plant 
Woad on the same land the second season', it should be as 
soon as your last gathering (before winter is finished) be 
ploughed; that is as soon as the weather will permit, and 
in deep furrows or ridges to expose and ameliorate it by the 
vegetative salts that exist in the atmosphere and by frost 
and snow. This in some seasons has partly the effect of a 
change of produce ; but if intended for Wheat, the last gath¬ 
ering should not be later than September. 
The land after Woad is always clean, and the nature of 
the soil appears to be greatly changed in favor of the wheat 
crop; for I have always experienced abundant increase of 
crop after Woad when sown to corn, and observed that it 
held on for some time if proper changes and good husban¬ 
dry were attended to. Keeping land clean from weeds cer¬ 
tainly produces an increase of corn, but in the lioeing and 
gathering Woad (for hoeing and earthing up the plants often 
renders them abundantly more prolific, even if there are no 
weeds) many nests of animalcule are destroyed, as well as 
grubs and insects which are destructive to vegetation; all 
this is favorable to corn, but I %m disposed to believe that 
Woad in itself furnishes such a principle of change in favor 
of corn (and wheat in particular) as in a high degree to 
merit the attention of that Society who are so honorably unit¬ 
ed to promote and encourage the first interests of the com¬ 
munity. 
Having said all I conceive necessary on the cultivation of 
Woad, I now proceed to say something on its preparation 
for the use of the dyer. 
Woad when gathered is carried to the mill and ground. 
T need not describe this mill because they are to be seen in 
