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.grass into single wind-rows ; then the double wind- 

 rows are put into bastard-cocks ; and lastly, the 

 tsingle wind-rows are put into grass-cocks. This 

 completes the work of the second day. 



Tkird Day. The grass mown and not spread on 

 the second day, and also that mown in the early 

 part of this day, is first to be tedded in the morn- 

 ing 4 and then the grass-cocks are to be spread into 

 staddles, as before, and the bastard-cocks into 

 .staddles of less extent. These lesser staddles, 

 though last spread, are first turned, then those 

 -which were in grass-cocks ; and next, the grass is 

 turned once or twice before twelve or one o'clock, 

 when the people go to dinner as usual. If the 

 weather has proved sunny and fine, the hay which 

 was last night in bastard-cocks, will this afternoon 

 be in a proper state to be carried * ; but if the 

 ,wcather should, on the contrary, have been cool 

 and cloudy, no part of it probably will be fit to 

 carry. In that case, the first thing set about after 

 dinner, is to rake that which was in grass-cocks 

 last night, into double wind-rows ; then the grass 

 .which was this morning spread from the swaths, 

 into single wind-rows. After this, the hay which 

 was last night in bastard-cocks, is made up into 

 full sized cocks, and care taken to rake the hnv ur 

 .clean, and also to put the rakings upon the top of 

 each cock. Next, the double wind- rows are put 



* It seldom happens in dry weather, but that it iray ! 

 ried on the third day. /. AL 



