in Sheaves in the- Fields till' quite dry, ' 23 



and put on hurdles in another field, (without any hindrance 

 to sheep feedmg therein) when the land ironi whence they 

 vi-ere taken maybe innnediatelv ploughed; for instance, 

 after pease, to facilitate abetter tallow, (than if delayed,) 

 to he succeeded by wheat, and p'oughing clover lays for 

 wheat, and also preparing land for turnips after vetches, to 

 accelerate the sowing; in which case, the delay of a few 

 days has irequenily occasioned a total loss of the crop. 



It is an essential consideration, that the expense attend- 

 ing improvements, should not coimlerbalance their utility : 

 and I flatter myself, there can be no objection to this mode 

 on that score, because gate hurdles are useful appendages 

 to a farm, in any county, for other purposes, when not used 

 on this occasion, and in this and other counties are re- 

 quisite for dividing turnips for sheep ; and as to expedition, 

 which is of great importance in harvest concerns, four- of 

 these hurdles (as I have already observed) may be fixed in 

 five minutes. 



If, therefore, the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, 

 Manufaciures and Commerce, instituted for the laudable 

 purposes which it professes, should think n)y plan com- 

 bines utility with cheapness and expedition, I should con- 

 sider myself flattered bv their approbation, and feel a de- 

 gree of satisfaction in the reflection, that I have not turned 

 my thoughts in vain to a subject which must be allowed to 

 be of great importance. 



I am, sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 



Foxdown Hill, June 7, 1810. W. JoNES. 



To C. Taylor, M.D. Sec. 



Sir, — I have been favoured with your letter, acknow- 

 ledging your having received my model of a temporary rick, 

 and recommending me to send certificates of its use. 



I have to add, that the barley I had put on these hurdles 

 last year, was done in my presence, by the same man who 

 removed it afterwards to tlie barn, thrashed and sowed it; 

 he is ready to attest my former statement, of the hurdles 

 requiring only five muiutes tiniC to fix in the ground, of 

 the barley preserved by them growing perfectly well, with 

 a prospect, from its present appearance, of yielding a good 

 crop; and with this further rentark, that it was so damp 

 when put upon the hurdles, that he was apprehensive it 

 would be spoiled, and was much surprised, when he touk it 

 into the barn, to find it so perfectly dry. 



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