MOWING WHEAT. 



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corn evenly on the bands ; therefore another labourer 

 follows for that purpose, while a third binds up the 

 sheaves. A fourth person follows, and clears the ground 

 of loose corn with a large rake. Mowing corn is gene- 

 rally done by means of the common scythe, which, if 



THE CRADLE SCYTHE. 



TWO-IIAA'DLED CRADLE SCYTHE. 



made of good materials, and strengthened with a plate 

 of iron along the back, will answer the purpose for 

 heavy crops ; but where the crop is light, an apparatus 

 called a cradle is fastened to the scythe, for the purpose 

 of collecting the corn and laying it down evenly. This 



