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The Farmer's magazine . G S ^ -4H 5 -a 2 ~ ^ CJ O • « t. = c-5 « = a S5 ° t- 41 o ^: ^ — o re to o u cj co I - re 4) J*Si en ° TT CS *3 3 to 4) C ^3 i- 3 >c 2 ^* ^| re m !3 2 41 4) « rt rtg DO i 4i (j x; cj CO CJ 2 4J C J3 CO o !=c? ^3 4)|S to *-* o <x < X)^ 2 C 3CU QJ •a ^ ct- co CjO * S o <*- ft (3 O Krv tfj re je ^ 6D rt _ O o^ Sra re on - CB 2 H c • 1-. CD4> C-a 6VS V> m >,o 4) ?? O © - P 4> • > ~ 3 *f^ b aiu Q *J C . c H ^- CJ 2 i- u co ra 35 S -° -5 M O C co .2 co o * Si t*-« ^— v jj ^ £j3 « -•a - it ^3 p^*^ jiiiifi-ji c« O CO A re j 5- <j • re s THE FARMERS MAGAZINE. 175 •4 b. DH< < cu HO w CO ci Id 170 THE FARMERS MAGAZINE. ON THE ADVANTAGES OFDIBBLING CORN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MARK LANE EXPRESS. Sir,—Having seen in a number of the FarmersMagazine for June 1841, some remarks on the sub-ject of dibbling wheat, by Mr. W. Lucas, whereinis stated that the greater the number of corns droppedinto each hole, the less the produce ; that one graininvariably produced more ears than two ; two morethan three; three more than four, up to eight ;which number produced no more than one stalk orear of corn, and that often of an inferior quality :average from one grain is fifteen ears. Having had some experience in dibbling one corninahole^I can vouch for the truth of this have specimens by me of 84 stalks of barley, and55 of wheat, each from one grain ; each stalk bore aperfect ear. As I occupy but a small quantity of land, I amanxious to make the most of it ; and the system Ihave hitherto pursued is spade husbandry and artifi-cial manur
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