But ſeveral ſovving of VVheat at that time, becauſe 'tvvas the uſual time of doing of it, it lay in the Ground till Rain came, vvhich vvas the latter end of October firſt, and then but part of it came up neither, becauſe it was muſtied and ſpoiled vvith lying so long in the Ground; […]
1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, “Of Sowing of Corn”, in The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, book II, page 52