MEASURING GRAIN. 171 



and are very generally adopted now. The 

 wind in these is occasioned by the rapid mo- 

 tion of wings, or flies, fixed on a revolving rod. 

 A jolting motion is at the same time given to a 

 wire sieve, down which the grain slides, and, 

 in passing, the smaller seeds and particles are 

 bolted through. 



The next thing is to measure the grain into 

 sacks for the market, or the miller; much 

 nicety, as well as honesty, is required here. 

 The miller measures when he receives ; and 

 if there be half a pint deficiency he complains, 

 and must have it rectified. Wooden bushels, 

 of exact dimensions, are used. The top is 

 struck off level, with a straight edge. Four 

 bushels make a sack, eight bushels a quarter, 

 and forty bushels one load of wheat. 



The mode of threshing, dressing, and mea- 

 suring other grain, seeds, and pulse, does not 



