j§o FARi\"!-YARD MANAGEMENT. ^f 



The method of drelTing corn, here, is lingu- 

 lar, and, as an eflablifhed and invariable prac- 

 tice, is, I believe, peculiar to this country ; 

 in which there is not, perhaps, one fingle w/W- 

 fajt of ahy conilruftlon ; and I never faw the . 

 aatural wind made ufe of in the drefllng of 



corn. 



In Weft-Notfol-k, there are Ibme fail-fans- 

 but, in this Diftrift, the invariable practice is 

 to feparate the corn from the chaff, by throw- 

 ing it from one end of the jfloor toward the 

 other with a fhovel. 



In this operation, the prime grain, being 

 heavieft, flics farthefl ; -the light corn and 

 ** cofhes'" next ; to rhefe fucceed the broken 

 cars and prime chaff; and to this the fmall 

 chaff and dull-, which, being thrown againft a 

 gentle draught of air, when it can be had, is 

 generally carried back pretty plentifully to- 

 wards the face of the thrower, who ufually 

 guards his eyes with a crape or othcf partial 

 covering, 7? c ' - ^ ^ : 



To avoid the inconveniency of the dufl as 

 much as may be, and to feparate as clean as 

 poffiblc the corn and chaff from the " colder," 



nam civ. 



