i68 HARVESTING. 



The particularswhich require to be de^ 

 tailed are thefe: 



I. Hewing Wheat, and Raking the 

 Stubbles. 



,TT. Setting up Slipcks.' 



III. Making Arri(h Mows. 



IV. Turning Corn in Swath. 



V. Binding Oats and Barley out of 

 Swath. 



VI. Carrying Sheaves onHorfeback. 

 VII. Pitching them to the Mow or 

 Stack. 



VIII. Form of Corn Stacks. 

 IX. Thatching Corn Stacks. 



I. HEWING W^HE AT. This is a kind 

 of mowing with one hand . The " Yowing 

 Hook" is formed much like the common 

 (liarp-edged ** hand reaping hook" of this 

 and other places; but fomewhat larger 

 every way — longer, broader, and ftouter -, 

 with a hooked knob at the end of the 

 handle, to prevent its . flipping out of the 

 hand. 



With this inftrument, the corn Is ftruck 

 at, horizontally, and almoil clofe to the 



ground, 



