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which muft be allowed to be a very great faving ; 

 whereas much corn flies off by the flail, and a 

 great deal is loft by foul threfhing, either when 

 performed by talk or day-work ; and by ufing the 

 mill, all fraudulent pradices will be prevented, and 

 the ftravv preferred in its original reed, which muft 

 anfwer the elfential purpofes of thatching, &c. 

 much better than when bruifed under the flail, and 

 every other purpofe equally well. 



:: ..i 

 The improved Comb for ftripping the ears from 

 the ftraw has been tried; and a lad, without having 

 pradtifed, combed out a bufhcl of ears in twenty 

 minutes, which is at the rate of fix bufhels of clean 

 corn for one day's work. 



If women, children, &c. are employed for this 

 purpofe, at nine-pence per day, the expence. 

 of clearing a bufhel of ears from the ftraw is ' o o i^ 



I'he mill clears fifteen bufhels of clean wheat 

 in one hour, but allowing at an average only 

 twelve bulhels, which amounts to ninety-fix 

 bufliels per day ; if the man that works the 

 mill is paid i6d.aday, the expence of the 

 millfor one bufhel is • 000^ 



TotaJ expence per bufliel o i| 



Eutathreftierispaidforeverybulhelhethrefhes 004 



There Is confcducntly faved by the mill, on each 



buniel o o 2j 



