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are repeated, the better. The sifting of corn is effected 

 by means of sieves, or riddles of different degrees of fine- 

 ness, and it is measured out by the bushel. The im- 

 perial bushel is eight inches deep, and rather more than 

 eighteen inches and a half in interior diameter, and con- 

 tains 2,815 cubic inches ; but besides this legal bushel, 

 there are several local bushels, of different dimensions, in 

 different places. Before the year 1835, the wheat was 

 heaped up on the bushel, in the form of a cone, to at 

 least three-fourths of its depth : but at that period the 



THE STRIKE. 



heaped bushel was abolished. The contents are now 

 swept off" on a level with the rim of the bushel ; and for 

 that purpose, a flat piece of wood, called a strike, is used. 

 Sacks of wheat are con- 

 veniently removed from 

 place to place, by means 

 of the load-barrow or 

 sack-barrow. Granaries 

 should always be well, 

 ventilated, and should 

 also be built in situations 

 where they will be expos- 

 ed to drying winds. Con- 

 siderable spaces should 

 also be left between the 

 several heaps of corn on 

 the floor, that air may 

 circulate, and that there 

 may be room for turning 



andtossingthe grainwhen SACK-BAHROW. 



requisite. In Kent, two 



square holes are made at each end of the floor, and a 

 round one in the middle, by means of which the corn is 



