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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1796 Excerpt: ...the ground, until the latter end ofJune. Beside, that which came up in. the beginning of June, received a check, by the succeeding drought; so that, in the month of July, there was no appearance of its ever rising to the sithc, even as herbage, ' much1 less-of'its reaching maturity, as a corn crop/-zb'--. j. '' '.'; However, the ample rains, -in the wane of June; gave a loose to it;' and, during the I w ' whole whole of August, it made an extraordinary progress. But the season was far spent: and the blight which took place the beginning of August, did not only blacken the straw, but has shrivelled the grain (a circumstance I never observed before, in barley) i and, added to this, the third crop is now coming out into ear! so that the crop, taken altogether, is in the most aukward state: the little which came up first, is discolored by the blight, and by standing too longs the second crop is not yet ripe enough to cut j and the third is now in green ear. These circumstances furnish ample grounds of discussion, with respect to the Season Of SOWING. ' The fact which first presents itself js, that the success of the crop depends on the Time Of Vegetating, and not on the Time Of Sowing: a fact, which though it maybe said to be selfevident, was never perhaps, so fully demonstrated, in practice, as it has been, this year. The times of sowing, and the times of ve-- getating, of the barley under consideration, have been mentioned i namely, the major part of A. came up, at the time of sowing (the (the latter end of April), the remainder, the 9 beginning of June. The minor part of B.-TjE vegetated, at the time of sowing (the begin-Sowing. ningof May), the majority coming up, the. beginning of June. Very little of C. rose at the time of sowing...

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