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The judges ought to recommend to the 

 farmers to make their (heaves of an equal 

 bind ; and before the grain in each field was 

 carried home to the barn, or corn-yard, it 

 might be proved by taking the five and 

 twentieth Hook, or Iheaf, and threfhing it 

 out; this would give the contents of the 

 whole. Or, the contents of each field might 

 be carried to the corn-yard in the ufual way, 

 and covered up, till it was all ready for threfh- 

 ing ; then to be proved as above, by taking 

 the five and twentieth fheaf, and threfhiitg it 

 out. 



Thus two or three men might fee one field 

 proved in three or four hours time. So that 

 by following this ipethod, they could prove 

 a number of fields in one day. And, if it 

 were thought proper, it could be proved both 

 from the field, and after lying fome weeks or 

 months in the barn-yard. And after all, the 

 farmer to whom each field belonged, fliould 

 keep an account of the whole produce of that 

 field, after being threilied out. 



The hay crop to be flacked up in the fame 

 field where it grew, to be meafured after lying 

 for fome time, and likewife an account kept 

 of the number of ftones delivered. Or, the 



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