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TIME OF SOWING. 
<£ Wheat is sown as early after the 1st of October, 
as the rain falls to make it wet enough, but if not sown 
to Christmas, I have frequently seen good crops.”__ 
Mr. Oldacre. 
“ Wheat is sown from the middle of October to the 
end of November, under furrow, with harrows, and 
trod in with men, on the clover sward harrowed, and 
some little drilled.”— Mr. Darke. 
Mr. Richard Miller, upon Brant Hall farm, near 
Hales Owen, but in this county, sows his wheat about 
one half upon summer fallow, and the other half upon 
vetch fallow; 2f bushels per acre, or 3 bushels (if late 
sown) 9 gallons to the bushel, produce 20 to 30 bu¬ 
shels per acre: sort, the red lammas, of which a new va¬ 
riety, called Courland wheat, has been found to answer 
well. 
Mr. Knight, Wolverley, has this year, 1807, a 14- 
acre piece of wheat, sown on lay or turf once plou O' hed r 
which was manured only by folding sheep. The soil a 
light sand ; 200 sheep were folded upon it from sowing 
time, the end of September, to the end of February, 
they went over 12 acres, 2 acres of the best land had 
no manure, the wheat was drilled in at y inches, 2f bu- 
bushels per acre ; by this experiment folding has not 
answered expectation, the crop being light but kindly, 
about 20 bushels per acre ; wheat, thecopimon lammas 
red straw. 
Mr. C. thinks wheat should never be sown on very 
light soils except after turnips; autumn wheat may 
succeed those eaten off in time, and spring wheat may 
be sow’n with success to the end of March; this latter 
he 
