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162 Pup. . In what proportion do you reckon the fruitfulness or product of each stalk? Tut. The produce is almost incredible: I have been informed, that from one grain of wheat have risen a hundred stalks, bearing cars, which yielded in the whole two thousand grains. e Pup. Almost incredible indeed ! But this, i suppose, does not often happen, Tut. Their different produce depends much upon the nature of the soil, upon good husbandry, the nature of the seed, and the Inanner of sowing it. Pup. In what other respects do we see the wisdon and goodness of God in grain * Tut. That it can be preserved in granaries, and continue good for some years of bad harvest. Many other fruits of the carth cannot be preserved one year, some not a month, or week, and others not a single day after they are fully ripe. Neither is there any herb or plant of the field which affords us such a wholesome, nourishing food. With the grain on which we daily feed, we are never satiated. It is .justly called the staff of life. And yet how insensible are we of its value—how little thankful for pur daily food Pup. Which are the most useful plants of those not designed for food "فم Tut. Flax and hemp. The former is very profitable to the farmer, and very useful to the world. Pup. In what respects? * * .*