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and the next moment slow, and then anon not perceived at ail 

 There are various accounts given of the first introduction of the Fan- 

 ning Mill ; and there are sundry claimants for the honor of the in- 

 vention. It is probably pretty generally admitted that the idea or 

 design of the first used in England and Scotland was obtained from 

 Holland ; but there has been a succession of improvements upon it. 

 In the United States there have been patents for several different 

 mills, each having its own admirers, and each having, probably, some 

 peculiar merit not belonging to the others. It is very obvious, that 

 in addition to a thorough and expeditious separation of the grain from 

 the chaff, it is important that there should be in a Fanning Mill sim- 

 plicity and durability of construction, so as to prevent liability for 

 getting out of order ; or, if by accident it becomes broken or deranged 

 the proprietor or any common mechanic may repair it. 



FANNING MILL. 



FARMING. Signifies the art of managing, or general detail of 

 the business of a farm. It is an employment of considerable diffi- 

 culty ftnd trouble, as requiring constant care, united with great 

 activity and judgment. In order to conduct it with propriety and 

 advantage, it demands an intimate practical knowledge of the various 

 sorts of cultivation and management which are in use, as well as of 



