A discovery of the true cause of the wonderful multiplication of corn; with some general remarks upon the nature of trees and plants / By Dr. Wolfius.

  • Wolff, Christian, Freiherr von, 1679-1754.
Date:
1734
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Credit: A discovery of the true cause of the wonderful multiplication of corn; with some general remarks upon the nature of trees and plants / By Dr. Wolfius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    §. 3 6. I would have him take one Half of the Seed and let it fwell in Dung-water, and fo put it feparately from the reft into the Earth to fee if there is any other Difference beiides the latter’s growing quicker; it being known, that all Seed which is fwelled up, grows fooner than other Seed that’s quite dry. §. 37. I have mention’d above, that I take the Soaking of the Seed to be probably an advantagious Dung, not having as yet been able to make the fure Experiment thereof (j). 16. c. 1.) I muffc there¬ fore only fhow this Hill. §.38. When Dung and other before enumerated Things (§. 15. c. 11.) lie putrifying in Rain-wa¬ ter, the faltifh and fulphurous Particles, which are required to change Water into good Sap, are communicated to the Rain-water. If the Seed lies a foaking in it, it partakes of thole Particles which makes ic lhoot forth quickly! When the Grain is rotted, the Matter remains about the Root, and is communicated afterwards to the Rain-water, which penetrates into the Root. Accordingly there is a good deal of this Matter together in a little Place, which elfe would lie far and divide about the Field, and could not get in fuch a Quantity into the Seed, and afterwards into the Halm. §. 3p. No Body muffc fancy, that thefe, and all the foregoing Obfervations are the laffc that can be made for the Improvement of Agriculture. There area great many Things of this Kind more,that want to be examin’d into and illuffcrated: Thefe are but the Beginning of an Improvement, and a Manudu- &ion to further Enquiries. G CHAP.