Thursday May 1st. Got over early in the Morning and reachd home before Dinnertime and upon enquiry found that my Clover Field was finishd sowing & Rolling the Saturday I left home—as was the Sowing of my Lucerne: and that on the [ ] they began sowing the last field of Oats & finishd it the 25th.
That in box No. 6, two grains of Wheat appeard on the 20th.; one an Inch high—on the 22d. a grain of Wheat in No. 7 and 9 appeard—on the 23 after a good deal of Rain the Night before some Stalks appeard in Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, & 8 but the Ground was so hard bakd by the drying Winds when I came home that it was difficult to say which Nos. lookd most thriving. However in
| No. | 1 there was nothing come up. | |||
| 2. | 2 Oats | 1 barley | ||
| 3. | 1 Oat | 2 barley | ||
| 4. | 1 Oat | 4 | ||
| 5. | 1 Wheat | 2 Oats | ||
| 6. | 1 Do. | 3 Do. | 1 Do. | |
| 7. | 1 Do. | 2 Do. | 2 Do. | |
| 8. | 1 Do. | 1 Do. | ||
| 9. | 2 Do. | 3 Do. | 2 Do. | |
| 10. | 1 Do. | |||
The two Grains in No. 8 were I think rather the strongest, but upon the whole No. 9 was the best.