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had been. I supposed there to be twenty 

 bushels per acre : but Mr. Singleton said 

 there would not be more than twelve 

 bushels on that field. 



, This gentleman reaped his wheat in a 

 manner different from any other I ever saw, 

 either in England or America by cutting 

 the heads off: there was one man to 

 two reapers, who held a bag, and put the 

 ears into it ; and he had carts with high 

 boards at the sides, and carried them home, 

 and left all the straw in the field. This I 

 think the worst and most wasteful method 

 of reaping I ever saw, although done with 

 a very industrious intention. By cutting 

 the wheat so high, many ears were left un- 

 cut; many dropped out of the hand, before 

 it reached the bag ; and some dropped on 

 the ground, in tossing into the cart. 



This gentleman looked upon this as a 

 cheap method of manuring land. At the 

 time of treading, he has a large roller drawn 

 by horses, to shed the grain out of the ears. 



I then was introduced to Ed. Loyd, 



