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weedy, or full of cuUivated grafs at the 

 bottom, is a mod admirable pradlice. 



In MOWING corn for fheafing, a cradle of 

 three points (fimilar to that of two points 

 ufcd in Kent, and in mowing corn into fwath) 

 is generally placed over the fuhc, to colled: 

 the corn, and afllft in fetting it up ftralghr, 

 but fomewhat leaning, againft the Handing 

 corn. If corn ftand fair, a man who knows 

 how to fct his cradle, and ufe his fithe, will 

 fet it up with great evennefs and regularity. 

 If corn be fomewhat difordered, yet mow- 

 able, a bow (fimilar to that ufed in moft 

 countries for mowing corn outward) is affixt 

 to the fithe for the lame purpofe. 



The mower is followed by a woman, who 

 makes bands, and " lays out" the corn into 

 fheaf. This ihe docs either with the hands 

 alone, or with a fliort-headed, long-toothed 

 wooden rake : gathering the corn wita the 

 rake; and, when a Iheaf is coUefled, throw- 

 ing it dextronfly into the band with her foot ; 

 without touching it with her hands ; and, 

 confequently, without the inconveniency of 

 ^looping. If the crop be larg?, the woman 

 C c 4 has 



