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shake out over the whole ground but once, which 

 is the first day. The second I keep it very thick 

 upon the ground; and the third (if the sun shines 

 hot) I hut open the cocks to give them an airing. 

 I have directed the large cocks to remain till the 

 field is finished, that all may be carted at once ; 

 there are several reasons for this : First, economy, 

 for much more hay can be made and got into the 

 cock than can be carted and stacked, and carting for 

 a small quantity loses much time in getting the 

 teams ready, and in moving from one work to 

 another. Second, I would wish the hay to take a 

 slight sweat in the cocks ; if it .is carted as soon as 

 made, the sweat will br so great in the stack, as 

 entirely to take away the colour, whereas it should 

 be no more than sufficient (with very good tread- 

 ing) to consolidate the stack. Third, the hay is 

 perfectly safe in a well-made cock, let the weather 

 be what it may. 



Getting together the hay for cocking, is the 

 hardest work in hay-making, and can only be done 

 by two stout men setting their forks together and 

 rolling it over it takes much time and strength ; 

 to save this I have used a very simple contrivance, 

 which has a prodigious effect : it is a frame of 

 timber twelve feet long and five feet high, drawn 

 by two horses, one on each x $ide the row of hay 

 that is put in ready for cocking ; this drives it up 

 with such expedition, that twenty men could not 

 equal it. For want of the frame, at first I used a 

 common hurdle, with a cart rope run through it to 



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