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an inverted flieaf, either of corn or of 

 " reed:" the principle, and the form 

 when finiflied, being the Tame in both ; 

 namely, a fquare pyramid: a form which 

 would feem to have been taken from the 

 pyramidal fhock *. 



Where corn is put up into thefe little 

 ftacks it is confidered as fafe, and is fufr- 

 fered to fliand fome weeks in them. I 

 have {een flieep feeding in the ftubble, 

 while the corn was ftanding iti thefe piles. 



The only difadvantage, perhaps, of this 

 mode of harvefting, which is applicable 

 to oats or barley as well as to wheat, is 

 that of mice being thereby liable to be 

 conveyed from the field to the barn. 



IV. TURNING CORN SWATHS. 

 This I have feen done by hand. The 

 Corn, being gathered up carefully in the 

 hands and arms, the turners face about, 

 and fplread it evenly upon frefli dry ground. 

 This is an accurate mode of turning ; and 

 a good preparation for binding. But the 



turning 



* Have not thefe pradlices been imported from the 

 Continent ? 



