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Mr. C/arkes method of cultivating tur- 

 ncps, is peculiar: He fows them broad 



in due time for feed, and other occafions, are lofies and 

 cmbarrafTments that the moft circumfpe6t farmers hi- 

 therto have not been able to prevent ; and as corn is not 

 marketable until it is threflicd, the public have un- 

 doubtedly felt fome of the cfFedts of fcarcity on that 

 account. The threfliers themfelves, although near a 

 twentieth of all they threfti is allowed them for their 

 labour, are in general fo overwhelmed v/ith poverty 

 anddiftrefs of body, that they are of all the honeft la- 

 bourers in the country the moft miferable : Thefefadts, 

 taken together, inconteftibly prove, beyond the force of 

 cuftom, ignorance, and malice, that the prefent method 

 of doing this necelTary work, is not only prejudicial to 

 individuals, but alfo a very great public grievance. And 

 that therefore any contrivance, which would render 

 the labour tolerable, and put it in the power of all oc- 

 cupiers of corn farms to have their corn feparated from 

 the ftraw, in fuch quantities, and at fuch times as 

 they think proper, at a moderate expence, cannot but 

 meet with a candid reception. 



Cuthbert Clarkey oi Bel ford ^ in the county o^Northum' 

 hcrland^ thinking the above confiderations woil worthy 

 his intention, has employed his utmoft efforts to accom- 

 modate the public with machines for the above purpofe ; 

 and flatters himfelf, that the machine he has contrived 

 will, upon trial, meet with approbation, as it will make 

 great difpatch, be very fimple, commodious, and dura- 

 ble *. And in order to make it come as cheap as 

 poflible to the fubfcribers, he intends to furnifh them 

 en the following terms, and free of the common addi- 

 tional expence of a patent. 



• It is impoflible precifely to compute the time fuch a machin« 

 »iay laft, but in all probability it will threfti annually all the corn pro- 

 duced upon a two hundred pound corn farm, and lait thirty years for 

 about ten fhillings a year repairs. It may b? conveyed any diftance by 

 two good carts, and may be placed or fet up in two days time, by any 

 country Wright who can follow direftions. 



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