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from, hut at the boundaries or entry to sach fields, a gate is placed in the towing-pathb, to prevent the intermixture or escape of the cattle; and generally these gates are double, falling rather forcibly towards each other, by which con- struction, the cattle are prevented from pushing, or the wind from blowing open the gates, as would otherwise often happen. At the termination of every principal estate or farm, that ad- joins the towing-path, it is usual to place a swing-gate across the same, to prevent cattle getting away, in case they should break, or by accident get into the towing-path.”

That judicious cultivator, Mr. Overman, of Burnham,(mentioned at Page 236, of our last volume) has, we understand, largely practised the mode of raising fences, which Mr. Farey has described above.

Editors. ————2 ECT LEE ACA:

A COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTIN THE CULTURE OF WHEAT, MADE WITH A VIEW TO ASCERTAIN THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MODES OF PREPARING THE SEED.

To the Editor of the Agricultural Magazine.

SIR, Oct. 15, 1806.

RAY insert the following account oſ a comparative ex-

periment in the culture of wheat, in the next Number of your very useful Magazine.

Extremely sorry am L Mr. Editor, that T cannot now dis- cuss this, or Indeed any other subject, in that full and ample manner which I have for several years pursued in the pages of the Agricultural Magazine. An infeterate complaint in my head renders reading and writing, to any considerable extent, extremely prejudicial to my health. My ardour to support the great cause in which you have so laudably em- barked, to the utmosti of my humble talents, has been s0 great that L have very frequently written to you, for(hours together, under extreme pain, and with my eye-sight s0 much áflected that LT could scarcely write legibly—hence a great part of that erroneous printing which appears in my papers, adat within the last twelve months. The complaint naving of late become rather more severe, I must reluctantly curtail my letters to you; until Î can address you under more favourable circúmstances.

1 feel highly honoured by that attention which my papers in your Miscellany have received from your correspondents, who T hope will exert themselves, as much as possble, in. support ot s0 useful a work. When I am able, 1 shall con- iinue to read it as ugual; and if Î can send you only a guarter,