AUGUST. AA'J 



it to the thrashers, who keep hard at work, being 

 supplied from the waggons, as fast as they come, 

 by one set of men, and their straw moved off the 

 floor by another set ; and, many hands of all sorts 

 being employed, a great breadth ofland is finished 

 in a clay. All is stopped by rain, and the crop per- 

 haps damaged ; it is therefore of very great conse- 

 quence to throw in as many people as possible, 

 men, women, and boys, to make the greatest use 

 of fine weather. 



SOW RAPE. 



The seed, when intended for a crop to reap, 

 should be sown the beginning of this month, or 

 the end of July. The preparation is the same as 

 that for turnips. 



GLEANING. 



The custom of gleaning is universal, and very 

 ancient : in this country, however, the poor have 

 no right to glean but by the permission of the 

 farmer ; but the custom is so old and common, 

 that it is scarcely ever broken through. It much 

 behoves the farmer, in some places, where it is 

 carried on to excess, to make rules for the gleaners, 

 and not suffer them to be broken, under any pre- 

 tence whatever. 



The "abuse of gleaning, in many places, is so 

 great, as deservedly to be ranked among the far- 

 mer's evils : the poor glean among the sheaves, and 

 too often from them, in so notorious a manner, 



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