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induce it. Is it not probable, fays the experimenter, that the corculum of thefe kernels which refufed to germinate on the floor, was ftimulated into'aion by. the larger proportion of oxygen which the mould of the garden contained? If fo, and the fa@ is very eafily afcertained, the maltiter is not fo much at the mercy of the feafons as Mr. Kerrich would lead us to imagine: he may furely contrive to impart a portion of oxygen to his malt-heap without much difficulty, and without much expence. Encouraged by the fuccefs of his little experiments on the growth of difcoloured barley, hefold his brighteft corn, and trufted his whole crop to the moft ordinary afd the darkeft feed he had. And the prefent appearance of his crop, confifting of more than forty acres, gives him reafon to expect an abundant produce. Although barley will grow in the ground after having received confiderable difcoloration, nay after an incipient germination has taken place in'the ear as it has lain on the ground, yet it certainly may be fo injured as to be very unfafe for feed. He agrees, therefore, with Mr. Kerrich in earneftly recommending to thofe, who at any future feafon may be difpofed to fow dark barley,“ firft to try a fmall quantity of what they may re-

ferve for feed, that they may afcertain whether it will grow or not, before they fow their general crop*.”

* Monthly Magazine, Vol. X. p. 132.

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