1802.) On Didbbling Wheat,&c, 418

Fill up the dibbed holes with fine mould; ſuch as may be got from an old mellow bed,—a made dunghill well worked, or. thé mud from a pond or ditch, perfe&ly dry, and well pulverized; cover- ing the whole ſpot for 6 inches, and full half an inch thick.—Over this ſpread for 6 inches a large handful of freſh ſlacked lime, è of an inch thick, to keep cff the crows, flugs, and other vermin.

Before the dibbling begins, take cate the ſced-wheat be well waſhed, ſalted, and limed. There is more in this recommendation than at firſt may appear.

As ſoon as it can be determined which grains have‘failed, ſupply their placés by freſh ſécd, ſo as to keep the clumps full and perſe.

In February or the month of March, go between the clumps with a five-inch hoe, and by hand pick every weed from within the clumps; April and May ds the fame, and hill up the clumps a little; this will enable the plants more effeQ@ually to branch, and fll up the ſpace between the clumps.—Never hoe in wet weather, and walk backwards in the hoeing, not to tread the ground after it is worked.|

AlI this proceſs of the diſtance of the ſeeds and clumps muſt be conducted by obſervation and‘diſcretion, according to the

richneſs of the land; for the richer the ſoil, fewer re neceſſary.—Remember ftiring the ground will be of ercat ſervice to the growth of the wheat plant, ſubdue the weeds, making the

crop full’and large.—T would inſure, if not thrown down by the weather, or deſtroyed by the birds, the crop ſhall produce more thân 48 buſhels of wheat per acre. Suppoſe at 9s.{.21. 12s. per acre; and the ſpots of land each year increaſing in richneſs, and clearer from weeds, from the âdtion of the feeding crops.

I deſire handycraftsmen, and cottagers, who can ſecure one quarter of an acre of land, will conſider this recommendation.

After the experiment may have undergone a fair and full trial, to convince the, world of the improvement of the land, and produdtiveneſs of the crop, why not on many large farms from 200 to 500 acres, have ſpots of from 20 to3o0 acres afligned to theſe purpoſes, then obſerve the great increaſe of proviſions, from the land producing two feeding and one exhauſting crop in every two years.—T'his mode of croping 1s an abſtract of the moiety of the herdſmen?s farms. Theſe I attempted to introduce ſome time ago, that is a tilth of 4 or 6 years, to produce much milk, butter, cheeſe, meat, pork, poultry, and corn,—each ariſ- ing from the thought of intrcducing plenty of active manure, to ſuſpend the fallow year, and perfe@&ly ſubdue the weeds.

The idea of dibbling I recommended when wheat was at 18s. per buſhel, with the view of ſaving the ſeed, and the beginning of April preſented a paper to the board, upon which I preſume they took up dibbling as enforced by them.

WHEAT. X SHEAF,