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lap the whole of the field. In this fituation the graft 

 is fuffered to remain, until being fufficiently withered, 

 in the courfe of one day, by (baking and turning, it is 

 in a proper ftate to be put into tramp-cocks, which are 

 jnade of different fizes, according to the condition of 

 the hay, and fo it is fuffered to remain until it is taken 

 in. This mode of making hay feems adapted both to 

 dry and moift climates, but particularly to the latter, as 

 the lightnefs, with which it is put together, gives a free 

 paflage to the air, and the roundnefs of the external 

 furface throws off the rain. Hay lapped judicioufly, 

 though not perfectly dry, will often come out, after 

 \ many days rain, free from injury, as the upper furface 

 forms a defence, the quantity put together is fo fmall, 

 as to prevent its being injured by preffure and want of 

 air. In very wet feafons it is not unufual, during a 

 fair moment, to (hake and lap the hay over again, 

 which tends very much to preferve its colour, and if 

 the weather changes for the better, it is much fooner 

 ready to be tramped. Even lifting the lap-cocks from 

 one place to another gives them air, and allows the 

 ground to dry, which is a great point. In a dry cli- 

 mate this mode of making hay is well calculated to 

 wither the grafs, without expofing too much of its 

 furface to the air; but in a dry climate, or even in this 

 climate, in favourable weather, it would be advifeable, 

 in many cafes, to lap the grafs immediately after the 

 firft (baking out, in which cafe it would preferve its 



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