CHAPTER ]X. 



Ofi the various Uses to which the Grain is appli- 

 cable^ containing nfiinute instructions with re- 

 gard to the modes of application, 



146. We have now seen the means which we 

 are to use in order to ohtain a crop of corn. We 

 have seen how the produce is to be managed 

 until it be brought into a state in which it is fit 

 for use in-the shape of grain. We have now to 

 see the uses of this grain, and the manner of 

 applying it to these several uses. 



147. The first fruits of the crop are to be ap- 

 plied to the feeding of pigs and other animals 

 upon a farm : I mean animals with the exception 

 of man. I will, therefore, first speak of the uses 

 of this grain, as thus applied; and will, then, 

 speak of its uses, as applied in the shape of food 

 for their master. I shall be compelled, rvith re- 

 gard to the latter, in particular, to be very minute 

 in my descriptions and instructions ; because, 

 without that minuteness, these descriptions and 

 instructions would be too imperfect to enable 

 people to act upon them with the certainty of 

 being right; and without this certainty, not one 

 in a thousand would act upon them at all. I shall. 



