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band of the firfl flieaf is pulled oflffor the fe- 

 cond ; fo that, without an accident, the firft 

 band only requires to be made at the time of 

 binding. This renders the operation lefs te- 

 dious than theory may fi^ggeft. 



The Iheaves, when bound, are colledled in- 

 to heaps, and carried on the day of binding ; 

 orareftt up inflvccks, as accidents or conve- 

 niency m.ay require. 



If the corn be " bound'* at the time of mow- 

 jn'T, it is fet up in fliocks ; in which it ftands 

 until it be fit for carrying. 



This is lefs troublefome than firft '• gair- 

 ing" and afterwards " binding" it. And if 

 the corn be ripe, and the bottom be tolerably 

 free from weeds, &c. it is, perhaps, the more 

 eligible method, for corn which is cut with 

 the siTHE. 



But for under-ripe, or weedy corn, though 

 cut with the firhc ; and for all oats and barky 

 which are cut with the sickle ; '' gaiting" is 

 here confidcred as eiicntially neccflary. Corr^ 

 cut with the fickle lies ftraighter and clofer 

 in the bnnd than mown corn ; which being 

 more or lefs ruffled with the fuheor the rake, 

 tioes not bed \q clofely in the band -, the air 



thereby 



