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on with firaw ropes, ftretched horizontally, 

 within a few inches of each other -, as in 

 the Highlands of Scotland ! 



General Observations. Upon the 

 whole, the bufinefs of Hiirveft, except ih 

 as much as relates to the Field Manao;ement 

 of mown Corn, and the forming pf Wheat 

 Shocks, may be faid to be well condudted, 

 in this Diflridt. It is true, that corn in 

 general is here allowed lefs field room, or 

 time between the cutting and the carrying, 

 than it is in mofl other places ; but, feeing 

 the uncertainty of the climate, in this 

 peninfular fituation, the deviation is evi- 

 dently on the right fide. 



THE MANAGEMENT 



O F 



HARVESTED CROPS. 



THE Homeftall Management of this 



Country, varies fo little from the ordinary 



pradice of the Kingdom at large, as fcarcely 



N 2 .to 



