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herbage, — fecuring the ears from injury, 

 and at the fame time expoiing the butts to 

 the influence of the atmofphere, is, felf- 

 evidently, an admirable expedient. 



The lize of Arnih Mows varies. Thofe 

 which I have obfsrved, generally contained 

 about a v^aggon load of ihsaves. But they 

 may be made of any iize fiom a fhock of 

 ten fheaves to a load. / 



The method of makins: them is this : 

 a fort of cone, or rather fquare pyramid, 

 being formed with fheaves {tt upon their 

 butts, and leaning towards the center, the 

 workman gets upon them, on his knees ; 

 an affiftant putting fheaves, in their pro- 

 per places, before him 3 while he crawls 

 round the " mow ,' trcadmg them, in this 

 manner, with his knees, applied about the 

 banding place -, and continuing thus to lay 

 courfe after courfe, until the m.ow be 

 deemed high enough : obferving to con- 

 tradt the dimenfions as it rifes in height, 

 and to fet the fheaves more and more up • 

 right, until they form, at the top, a fharp 

 point, fimilar to that of nine fheaves fet up 

 as a il^iock ; and, like this, it is capped with 



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