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If clean and otherwise satisfactory, you 

 should next see that they are up to the 

 standard weight. First adjust the scale, and 

 then weigh the measure accurately, and keep 

 in mind that it is necessary occasionally to 

 test the weights in use. If satisfied with the 

 scale and weights, have the oats poured 

 qalckhf into the measure from a height not 

 higher than the knee, then strike at once, and 

 weigh. Make sure the adjusting screw of the 

 weighing machine is not tampered with after 

 the measure has been weighed. 



HAY. 



Selection uf Hay : 



To be in a position to test the hay, it is 

 advisable to learn froiu farmers and others 

 the different kinds of hay grown in the dis- 

 trict, and the respective prices they fetch at 

 market. Make it your business to learn how 

 to recognise the grasses and weeds peculiar 

 to good and bad hay. This may be done 

 partly by consulting experts, and partly by 

 referring to Sir F. Fitzwygram's book, 



