Vlii ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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69. MEADOW CAT'S-TAIL GRASS 136 



70. MEADOW FESCUE GEAS8 136 



71. BOUGH-STALKED MEADOW GKAS8 137 



72. HAY-MAKING IMPLEMENTS 138 



73. HAY- TEDDING MACHINE 142 



74. MOWING 144 



75. WHETTING THE SCYTHE 145 



76. LOADING HAY 149 



77. THE EICK-CLOTH 151 



78. TWINDLE, OE TWINEH 156 



THE SICKLE: 



79. FBONTISPIECE THE CORN-FIELD 158 



80. VIGNETTE -BEAPING 159 



81. COBN-FLOWEBS 162 



82. BED POPPY 163 



83. THE DAENEL 165 



84. THE WEED-HOOK 166 



SSASPECIMENS OF WHEAT : HICKLING'S PBOLIFIC. 



86. V HUNTEE'3 WHITE WHEAT. TALAVEEA WHITE 



87.) WHEAT 169 



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og (BEARDED WHITE TUSCANY WHEAT. EGYPTIAN 



gy'j WHEAT. SPELT WHEAT 170 



91. WHEAT STEM-FLY 172 



92. WHEAT STEM-FLY, MAGNIFIED 173 



93. WHEAT-MIDGE, MAGNIFIED ... 173 



9*. THE SICKLE 178 



95. THE CRADLE SCYTHE 181 



96. TWO HANDLED SCYTHE 181 



97. BEAPING WITH THE SCYTHE 182 



gg'JTHE HAINAULT SCYTHE 183 



100 GLEANEBS 190 



101. VIGNETTE - THE BAEN-DOOB 193 



THE FLAIL: 



102. FBONTISPIECE THRESHING IN THE EAST .... 194 



103. VIGNETTE UNSTACKING CORN 195 



104. THRESHING BY HORSES 197 



105. SYRIAN DRAG 198 



106. THRESHING IN ENGLAND 203 



107. THE FLAIL 204 



108. WINNOWING MACHINE 208 



109. CORN-SCOOP . . 20! 



