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arc greatly indebted to him for his judicioui 

 coiidudt in all matters of rural oeconomics. 



Mr. Clarke, of Belford, (one of Mr. 

 Dickfons tenants,) is very famous in the 

 North for his knowledge of mechanics. 

 Among other inftances of his (kill in this 

 branch, his invention of a draining plough, 

 which obtained a premium of 5 o/. from 

 the Society, is one, which has made his 

 name publick in other parts of the king- 

 dom, befides his own neighbourhood. 



But the grand machine upon which he 

 moft builds his reputation, is that of one 

 for the threihing of corn : How far it will 

 anfwer has not been tried, becaufe the 

 machine will not be produced until a fub- 

 fcription is filled *. 



* The following are his propofals to the public: 

 They certainly merit attention. 



Proposals yir making by fubfcription, complete Machines 

 for Threjhing CoRN, 

 To the ¥ V B L J C, 

 O r all the operations of the laudable profeflion of 

 the hufbandman, it is prefumed none are performed lefs 

 to his fatisfa£l^ion and emolument, none more detri- 

 mental to the public, and more oppreflive to the poor 

 labourer, than that of thrcfhing corn. The difficulty 

 of finding people difpofed to undertake this drudgery, 

 the large expence, and unavoidable wafte that attends 

 the prefent method of thrcfhing corn j and the difap- 

 pointments that are met with by not having grain ready 



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