568 2 i 
1075 7, sathe number of grains of the green in the 
19.75 i” ; 
measure m; whence 563 == the space occupied by 
one grain of green. 
ButGidelah 22.75 __ b ‘ f 
ut (vede above, ) =~ = space by one grain o 
22.75 m, 19.75 
San * BoGn 2: OO bushels : 26.1356 
bushels, the produce of the acre cut a month before 
the ripe. And (vide ‘ Table of relative weights, &c.) 
1: 12 :: 160 stones : 1958 stones of straw, 
the produce of the same; whence we have 
26.1356 bushels of wheat, at 61s. 
the ripe; whence 
£9 19 33 
per quarter : : : 
1958 stones of straw, at 2d. per stone, 1 al Waal g 
£11 11 103 
The total products of the three acres stand thus: 
No. 3, Reaped when ripe, ela ii os 
No. 2, Do. afortnight earlier, . 13 7 33 
No.1. Do. a month before the ripe, 11 11 10} 
Showing a loss of £1 5s. 5d., or about 10 per cent., 
by cutting very green; and a gain of 10s. per acre, or 
nearly 4 per cent., by reaping in a raw state or a 
fortnight before it was ripe. 
‘¢ From the above details, it would appear that it 
is the farmer’s interest to cut his wheat before it be- 
comes thoroughly ripe. Many, no doubt, will be 
disposed to doubt deductions of such importance 
drawn from such limited experiments. This objec- 
tion the writer anticipates, because it is a natural 
one, which he felt himself, when he considered the 
most important conclusions which resulted. When, 
however, he retraced, step by step, his investiga- 
tions, without any variation in that result, he could 
no longer refuse to believe it true till he proved it 
untrue. He is aware that there are other points of 
consideration in this subject—that there are pecu- 
liarities in the nature of land, of seed, or of season, 
and that there is, as in all man’s investigations, a 
possibility of error,—any of which circumstances 
might materially affect the result of experiments up- 
on so limited a scale as the present one; and for this 
reason he gave the subject a trial in the ensuing har- 
vest, on a much more comprehensive scale; and not 
one single operation in that trial, neither reaping, 
stacking, thrashing, dressing, grinding, nor weigh- 
ing, was carried on without his immediate superin- 
tendence. 
‘‘ The field of wheat chosen for this experiment 
was an even average crop, the soil thin limestone, 
and the seed the old square-headed red,—the same 
experimented upon before. In order to make the 
experiment more valuable, and to fix more accurately 
the golden mean between the too green and the too 
ripe, I had 20 perches of adjacent furrows reaped at 
the following periods :— 
No. 1, reaped August 12th, stacked August 26th. 
No.2, do. August 19th, do. August 3Ist, 
No. 3, do. August 26th, do. September 5th. 
No.4, do. August 30th, do. September 9th. 
No.5, do. September 9th, do. September 16th. 
On stacking the various cuttings, I took a sheaf from 
each parcel, for the purpose of exhibiting a sample 
of the grain of each at the annual meeting of the We- 
therby Agricultural Society, held September 22, 
1841. As in my former experiment, the sample of 
the ripe wheat, No, 5, appeared bold but coarse, 
while the green, Nos. 1 and 2, were finer in the skin, 
but smaller in size. The raw cut, No. 3, however, 
was unexceptionable as a sample; being equal in 
boldness and fulness of grain to No. 5, and superior 
to Nos. 1 and 2 in the thinness and uniform clearness 
of skin. Scarcely any difference was discoverable 
WHEAT. 
between 3 and 4; the latter was, however, rather 
more rough to the touch than the former. This su- 
periority of the raw cut grain was observed and ac- 
knowledged by hundreds of practical agriculturists at 
the meeting alluded to, and was confirmed by the 
judges, who awarded to me one of the extra premi- 
ums, ‘ with a high commendation of the sample No. 
3, reaped a fortnight before the ripe.’ On February, 
1842, the whole of the various cuttings were thrashed 
and dressed under my own eye, when the following 
were the results :— 
Bushels of Wheat. st. Ibs. st. lbs. 
No. 1 gave 22 weighing 1] 12 and 22 7 of straw. 
Pay nena 56 DD ay eae Olt ress crane 
3 oe) 3 99 15 10 99 20 8 99 
4. 99 Jit 99 16 6 29 19 2 29 
3 ,, 3 oa 1S, LS AOR es 
Having in my former trial ascertained the value of 
the various samples by the opinion of the market, 
and in this case confirmed it by the public decision . 
of the judges at an agricultural meeting, I determined, 
in order to leave no loophole for doubt, to test their 
qualities at the mill, and to see in what, and to what 
extent, the difference of quality existed. Having, 
therefore, to prevent mistake, affixed my own seal 
to the sacks, and placed them under the care of Mr. 
John Hardcastle of Hunsingore Mills, near Wether- 
by, the gross quantity of each variety was ground 
and dressed with the following results :— 
Gross Weight | Weight | Pollard, $ 
Quantity. of of or Bran.| 
| Grain Flour. |“Sharps.” E 
No. | Bushels.| st. Ibs.| st. lbs.| st. Ibs. Maaibal | 
ik, 23 1) 12 8 12 1 heen) IU TT 
2: 2h Ih ea Si 16 TE: £1 | 1 
3. 34 SLO MLN A PA As 
4, 31k NGG) We B Le Sao Oe 
5) 3h Ie Bs LO AN Wah ey Qa. Bil @ 
a ee ee 
we From the foregoing results, then, we deduce the 
following table of the quantities of flour, seconds, 
and bran, per bushel, from each parcel :-— 
Flour. Pollard, Bran. Woentiper 
No lbs Ibs, | ibs Ibs 
1 45445 45 1035 60 
2) 47% 4 hO 62 
alae ea ar || aon 
4 | 4622 | 42 835 6205 
By) age 64 ; o9F 
The same data furnish us with the quantities, per 
cent., of flour, pollard, and bran yielded by each 
parcel ;—thus, 100 lbs. of grain without waste— 
Flour. Pollard. Bran, 
Ma sie lbs Ibs. 
No. I gives} 75355 735 17232 
0 1634 Trt 1674 
aya 8049 534 1332 
4» Gras 34 1439¢ 
Be 72188 1123 1533. 
