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accomplished by a clever hand, and all litters 

 cleared away, the hay-rick is no mean speci- 

 men of mechanical skill, or practical cleverness. 

 This will stand uninjured, and do the farmer 

 credit and service, after two or three seasons 

 have passed over; whereas, when slovenly 

 careless hands have done every thing wrong, 

 instead of right, the heap looks like a dung-hill, 

 and probably becomes one, from the rain soak- 

 ing through the ill-managed, half-finished roof. 



