88, N AJPJU R A U . MED I' S T © cR Y
time on thé fea-coafts being feldó-m sfeg^p-oold ".-jjrhe'greateft erop
of this .grain which has;*eaclfod-;myl nfqtiee,;; js(- that ,o£na field near,
Philac church, ih?\yhieb, as the’ ReY.. hhv : ©foyer, Reéborrpf.that
pariih, aflured me,.-he had, -.in .'the year . 17.52:,: thirty;.bu|ids :pf}
barley,, each: bulhel containing three.winchéfters/ 011 one ftatut-e-
acre,-of. land.
>. As to wheat, fome of our lands- are.:. alfo.yeryjftujftul, - the moft
temjff&able inftaiieéI kmqv^ tis jh a t Thpn^§r;f^0tetl,i;Tan&e|,;
. of the town .of Penzance, who,, in-< the year’.* 7.40, h'add twenty,
bufhels of wheat, j(eaoh .bufhel ,three winchefters, or twenty-four
gallons). dn ohe ftatu table acre;J of , .-grpund, adjoining tcf<tk§jfownfj!
and hè ;had npt. only plenty, bu t;' was- equaliytfcrt^ate in ;tjie - price,
for he fold each bufhel for- one guinea, fo foat d^ïïftfeg onOgirinea,
which he paid for the tythe, he£ made, niqfteéiij pqunds., nineteen
fhillings clear, of the grain produced by one acre of ground. In
Cornwall It .is the cuftom to bind .foeaye§ jthej'^riey ;afld;.ail
other grain,. as well as the ;wheatj and ; for;, their' .Better feGurj.ty
afterwards, .we make aUYouryeqip. ISMff®rifl]^iï|öws,-j^h^r|heft%
being built.up intb-an^ular, folid,icope^; cfbqut;twelve, 'fop^sjiighsi
the beardafall tonfod-iati!8rf%:an^^et‘.h0ft.j93idp£the fheaf §ply b£-'
pofod to; the weather ; _the whole goné?h è s m ^ b y ^ _jftyprted fh^T
oftreedjfOT corn, and-tied to the, ppper rows :- 'Phistanffirftgp ^ y Jfe
partly owing to the greater inconflancv afah^oftfore rn£ 01 w,
m CbmwaU. than ehfewhqrCi andfjJoiithqyiU^j^f cfSaglep.grain sfilri
br^d, .(which therefore fgqtare the paofo-feeupty) ‘Bug^hat^^ ^q
caufo is, thè e'onfequénce- juftifies -thp precaptfopj ^and :t W i g f j y
thereby much better preferved : Bwthisf tetaagA^efej -in
öine óftharYeft, fnake ,aoY§fy ftoghfor ^ppear^nce-in.|jth|3 ejiqs-of'
ftrangers, as may he. jfe®i at F.vfodn 4hf -p£ofpg^t ojyiny^.
of John Enys, Efq; PL. Vll.i-.whieh was^ drawn in rfhp^tlmeyf$j
-harveft;- but m inclement harvefta our cornmu ft
rain, and wind better than: by- the manner oftfoyfog thp»gf^fo fo the
neighbouring counties”. Our n^k-ett'meafflre p|^hofo-:ftfd%4s#iB?f
giilar, our Common bufhel isreckoned.to eonfiftof threejwfoeheftqrs,
or twenty four-gallons. In the larger, farms we generally ploqgh' with
two or more oxen, and- two hqrfos before them, - which make but
;aflow progrefs, efpecially as our, ploughs are dragged through the
•ground. It is the general cuftom, at the laft tillage of the .ground,
to fow twelve gallons of Ever-grafs with ten-pounds of clover ", , or
"-For the fame reaion, namely,1 the- Uniiiter-
•apprehenfion df rams* need _ hot’ 11||ppf «great as In
rupted progrefs of vegetation -by night as well- as
Cornwall.
day, corn, in Lapland, ripens fooner than in France.
° Gramen .liJiaceiim j five XoUum .ftqbnim.
x.mhæus Tranf..of?the Acad. Sued. vol. i. pag, .à2.
Ray/ Id* Edit.' I pag. *249; f;
Pontopid. pag, 101.
p Trifolium purpureum majus j or fativum of
a I am informed they have the fame cuftom in
Plot, Oxford, pag, 156* ;
feme <}f the inland parts ôf Germany, where the
the