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{four sufficient for any common stack) will draw 

 each stack to the mill. This contrivance is essen- 

 tial, as it saves the whole expence of carting the 

 corn, as well as the necessity of waiting for fine 

 days to do it in ; and as the expence is moderate, 

 I cannot suppose that any person will now go to 

 the heavy charge of barns and capt-stone stand- 

 ings, when less money will give him much greater 

 conveniences. The circular form of the rail -way 

 on which the stacks are brought to the mill, is 

 necessary, as being the only one which permits a 

 choice of any particular stack to thrash, without 

 waiting for all or many others being done, before it 

 can be got at; but a straight line leading to and 

 past the mill is admissible, except for this circum- 

 stance, though inferior in some other points to the 

 circular form. But whatever plan may be chosen, 

 the mill should have the granary above it, to hoist 

 up the corn as thrashed. It must also have the 

 chaff-house annexed, as the power ( of the mill must 

 cut into chaft" all straw which is used in feeding 

 cattle ; and as hay is used in this operation, mixed 

 with the straw, this decides the position of nt least 

 some hay-stacks. Close to and connected to the 

 mill, must be a shed on posts, roofed to draw one 

 stack under, before the thatch is stripped, and 

 from which the corn is delivered at once to the 

 mill. It is turned (so much as is wanted for chaff)*' 

 into a straw-room, and the rest replaced on the 

 standing of the stack that was last cleared, and being 

 stacked on it with some care, is .ready to be drawn, 



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