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or nearly the fame pace, as it would have 

 done had the corn been mown into fwath. 

 Befides, the repeated turnings which fre- 

 quently are requifite, and the cocking which 

 always is necelTary, are entirely excluded by 

 binding. 



Upon the whole, it is evident, that the 

 quantity of mejCs labour is diminilhed, not 

 increafed, by the practice of Harvefting in 

 fheaf. If to this be added the eafe and ex- 

 pedition in the bulinefs of carrying (the 

 mod important bufinefs of harveft, and that 

 which requires the quickeft difpatch), we 

 may fairly conclude, that by Harvefting in 

 Iheaf, the labour, the anxiety, and the ha- 

 zard of harveft are leflened ; while the qua- 

 lity, and confequently the value of the pro- 

 duce is increafed. 



My own pradlice having been in Diftricls 

 where Harvefting in fwath is the univerfal 

 cuftom, I had conceived that the practice of 

 Harvefting in Iheaf was only adapted to a 

 country thin of corn ; and that it was altoge- 

 ther impradticable in what is called a corn 

 COUNTRY. But the WOLDS of this Diftrid: 

 leave no room for fuch a conjecture. The 



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