V. Vanity infcribed on all things, 304. Colman Mendez, Efq; by Mr, James Thomfon, 312. addreffed to Andrew Dw-y, Elq; of Bristol, ibid. a burlesque on fmoaking, by J. Geft, 334. curious grant of William the Conqueror, 335. a foanet, tranflated from the Italian, ibid. on the force of prejudice, by Mr. Hayley, 336. elegant defcription of maternal care and tenderness, written by Mr. Hayley, and addreffed to his own mother, 358. the tulip and violet, a fable, 359. an Italian fonnet tranflated; 360, hymn to fortitude, by Dr. Blacklock,382, 406. on love, ibid, on feltconceit, 408. ode to May, 430. hymn to the inorning, 431. elegy on a tallow-candle, 43%. on life, ibid, the power of love, 454 ori reprefentation, 455 on the death of the marquis of Rockingham,456. on the repulfe of the French and Spaniards at Gibraltar, ibid. in praife of the city of London, 478. intended for a lady's tombstone, ibid. the peace, a vilion, 50a, addrefs to the fair fex, by T. P. Weftcott, of Martock, 503. lines on the immortal Milton, 504. epigrams, 54, 528, 600, charms of the fpring, 526, on the marriage of an amiable young lady, 527. the court dance, 528, on good nature, 55% on wedded love 552. ode for his majcity's birth day, 574. addrefs to Ireland, by the reverend Mr. Maurice, 575. foliloquy on a fpring morning, 576. the feafons, by William Brown, sibid. kind advice to the happy fhepherd, by the reverend Joha Ball, 598, on fenfibility, 600. the feare crow, a fable, 622. Vice, progrefs of, a moral tale, 80. W. Waste lands in England, hints for their improvement, 201. Watson, bilhop, his plan for render ing more equal the revenues of the bishops, and thofe of the infenor clergy, 385. Y. Yeaft or harm, receipt to make, 594. THE WEEKLY ENTERTAINER. For MONDAY, July 7, 1783. On the BEST METHOD of cultivating WHEAT, either by DRILLS, or BROAD-CAST. In a Letter from Mr. TadMAN, addressed to the honourable and laudable Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. "GENTLEMEN, TAVING been honoured with your premium for the return you thanks, I find you are defirous of being informed of the beft method to cultivate wheat, either by drills, or broad-cast, both of which I am well acquainted with, having experienced them many times upon all forts of land. But the greateft expe riment was in 1752 and 1753. In the year 1752, I had twentytwo acres of bean-gratten dunged for the beans, about forty loads per acre, which I managed as follows: "I firft_plowed it; after which I fowed my wheat in this manner. Every other rod, in breadth, was in the broad-caft way; the other was in drills. In the fpring I horse-hoed the drills, and harrowed it; as I did alfo that which was fown in the broad-caft way. Both of them feemed to make a good appearance. When harvest came, I directed the reapers to cut each feparate, and to make the fheaves as nearly of the fame fize as poffible. By this I found a great deficiency in the drilled wheat, not having near fo many fhocks. This was tried on a fandy loam foil. VOL. II. 27. "The next year I had a field of twenty-three acres, adjoining to the other, managed in the fame manner: I found the fame deficiency, and I think it very eafy to be accounted for. In the fpring of the year, when the wheat begins to rife from the ground, the land being very clean by the hoeing, and the ground very fine by fo doing, the fhowers, that are very frequent in March, caufe the fine mould to rife on the tender part of the wheat; which, when it happens, prevents it from growing any farther. It is a very good way to fow clover in wheat in Fe bruary. I never could find, that drilling any thing but beans, peafe, and tares, would produce near fo good a crop; neither will they do any way fo well as in drills, by which means the land is kept clean, and makes a good feafon for wheat. "Now, in regard to lucerne, fainfoin, &c. being put in drills, it is in a manner the fame as in the cafe of wheat. I have a deal of lucerne, part of it in drills, which I have endeavoured to keep clean by hand-hoeing. But, after a hard rain, feeing my horfes would not eat it, I found, upon inspection, the earth was fo much wafhed into it, that it was a good reason for fowing the other part broad-caft way. I immediately cut off that they eat upon, and I then fowed the land over in broadcaft, and raked it with a hand-rake. I have not found any thing of the fame kind happen ever fince. "If this information may be of any utility, I fhall be happy in having given it, as I may be fuppofed to know fomething of the farming bufinefs, having been in it near forty years. I be gan at firft harrow-boy; from that I went through every other part of plowing, fowing, &c. and, before I was twenty-four years of age, I paid 1800l. per year rent. "I have another thing to offer to this fociety, which I can explain. It is, that three crops may grow in the fame year, with the fame culture and expence as one crop; and that they will not interfere with one another; but quite otherwife, wherever one is good, the other two will be fo likewife. I hold at this time about two thoufand two hundred acres of atable, meadow, and pasture land. "I am, with the utmost deference and refped, HIGHAM, 19th December, 1772. and humble fervant, "WILLIAM TADMAN.” It This inconvenience attending drilled lucerne is peculiar to Mr. Tadman's, and fuch other very fandy land. For many inftances can be produced of drilled lucerne, now growing, which is entirely free from it. |