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tended with great expence, and, therefore, the 

 fooner he can get the work through, the lefs it 

 will cofl him in provifions. This narrow idea 

 often colts him nearly a tenth part of the value of 

 his crop, for he feldom begins reaping his wheat 

 fo foon, by ten days or a fortnight, as he ought, 

 though wheat is always the better for being cut 

 rather early. It often (lands till the ears turn 

 down in an inverted ftate, and till it is fo ripe and 

 brittle, that when there happens to beabriflc wind, 

 it is no uncommon thing to fee four or five bufiiels 

 of wheat whipt out and loft, and fometimes a quar- 

 ter of oats [a). 



The barley is always carried from the fwarth, fo 

 that they never begin to carry till late in the day; 

 and no part of the ground is raked till afterwards ; 

 fo that a vafl deal of corn is trodden out. After 

 the bulk of it is carried, the piece is drag-raked, hy- 

 men, with iron teeth drags; or by a drag fattened 

 to a pair of wheels, and drawn by a horfe. The 

 latter is the belt practice of the two, though they 

 are both bad ; for the rakings are fo mixt with 

 grit and duff, that the corn is of an inferior quali- 

 ty to the other. It cannot be doubted but the 

 Lice of moil other countries is to be preferred 

 to what is obferved here. 



In the firfl place, the hufband is feeding with 

 unufual luxury, while the wife and children are 



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