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The binding while yet in a flexible {late fe- 

 cured it from that wafte by fliedding, which 

 is more or Icfs incurred in handling loofe 

 reaps in a dry parched ftate, with the pods 

 ready to open with llighteft touch. 



By felling it up in ftooks the wafte com- 

 mitted by birds was much le{Tened,efpecially 

 that by wood-pigeons,which fettling upon the 

 reaps, beat ouc tenfold what they eat ; 

 whereas in fhocks, that which is beaten out 

 runs down into the (heaves and is faved. 



In earning, a tall pole was fixed at each 

 corner of the waggon, and a large clotl} 

 thrown over them, hanging in a bag to re- 

 c i lie load and to catch the fhedded ,eed. 



f o prevent IK aft e in the barn, the floor of 

 the mow was covered with SOFT HAY, which 

 flops the running of the feed, and off which 

 it may be eaiily gathered or thrown into the 

 thraming-floor ; whereas ftraw, being more 

 open, admits the feed to run down among it, 

 and is the caufe of confi^erable wafte. 



The expence under this management is 

 comparatively much Icfs than it is in a public 

 thrashing, more efpecially if the piece to be 

 harvcfted be fmall ; as four or five acres for 



inftance, 



