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(c a peck an cicre, broad-caft, before roll* 

 " ing. 



" Covering the feed. This is ufually done 



" by going twice in a place with a bufti-har- 



" row, made by drawing thorns into a gate 



<c or a large hurdle. Either ofthefe, how- 



" ever, Mr B. fays, and with reafon, makes 



" too large an implement : For in fo large a 



" fpace as this covers at once, there will be 



" protuberances which it will lay hold of too 



" much, and probably pull up, and hollows 



: which it wijl wholly mifs. He has ufually 



: preferred a waggon-ladder, which does not 



8 cover more that four or five flags at once ; 



1 and to finifh this bufinefs more compleatly, 



5 he always carries a fort of broom in his 



' own hand, when overlooking the work 



<{ people, in order to cover more effectually 



" any part which may be partially miffed. 



" The advantages held out. There is a 



; faving of about a bulhel and a half of feed? 



' which, when wheat is fix fhillings or up- 



' wards, is alone equivalent to the extra ex- 



" pence of dibbling. 



** The rolling and treading is efteemed 

 : highly ferviceable to the light lands of this 



1 country. 



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