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The form, that of a corn-bumel ; the di4- 

 meter, feven or eight feet ; the height three 

 or four, filled with rough feed to the brim, 

 and topped up in a conical form with ilraw 

 or other materials; and the whole fecurec} 

 with a coat of thatch. 



This is more generally done when the 

 markets happen to be low at the time of 

 thrashing ; as in thefc pies the feed may be 

 kept any length of time, provided a fufficienc 

 proportion of pulls be retained among it, and 

 provided the fize of thefe receptacles, ancj 

 confequently the quantity of feed depoSted 

 in them, be not top Urge. 



When the feed has done heating, and a. 

 market offers, it is fold, carried to the barn, 

 winnowed, aqd fent to market. 



TheiNCONVENiENCiES ofpublfc rape-tbrajh- 

 ing now require to be mentioned. The 

 buftle and hurry, fp diflimilar to the placid 

 routine of hufbandry, which are unavoidable 

 pn thefc occafions, are difagreeable to moft 

 men ; the cxpence too is fomctimes unrcafon- 

 able ; the hazard by weather confidcrable ^ 

 itttf the waftc which is generally made by the 



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