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herbage is left between each ftroke. I 

 have feen worfe mowing, both of grafs and 

 corn, in this Diflridt, than in any other. 

 This cenfure, however, does not apply to 

 the country in general. I have alfo fctn 

 good work in it. 



The Hay -making of the Diftrid ftands 

 in a fimilar predicament. Some I have 

 feen vilely managed ; others conduced on 

 the beft principles of the art : namely^ 

 fpread, turned, cocked in fmall cocks, re- 

 fpread, turned, recocked, or carried. 



But, in thefe operations, a principal tool,, 

 the PRONG, is ridiculoufly too fmall; fitter 

 for the hands of a Cook, than a Haymaker r 

 the tines, even of thofc tifcJ. for leading 

 carriages, are not longer than thofe of a 

 Man of War's beef- fork. But they were 

 fafliioned under the Horfe and Crook huf- 

 bandrv, and when carriages are ufed, they 

 fl:ill remain unchanged. 



The carrying of Hay in crooks I have 

 {ttn done in a neat and fecure manner. 

 The ends or faces of the load are carried up 

 ftraight, and appear in folds, like thofe 

 formed at the corners of waggon loads, in 



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