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The great art of laying corn ilraight with 

 the fuhc, whether it be mown inward or out- 

 ward, is to keep the face fomewhat inclined 

 toward the (landing corn : thu?, in mowing 

 outward, the left hand and the left foot ought 

 to go fomewhat forcmoll: : on the contrary, 

 in mowing inward, the right fide ought to 

 precede. Much depends upon fctting the 

 cradle or the bow ; which Ihould be fo fet as 

 to take the whole of the corn cut at a ftroke, 

 without interfering with the (landing corn. 

 The (ithe, in mowing, ought to be brought 

 well round to the left, as if for the intention 

 of throwing the corn behind the mower. To 

 allow for this length of fwcep, the fvvath 

 ihould not betaken too wide; nor, in ravel- 

 led corn, ihould the fithe be too long. 



By a little pradlice, young men who can 

 handle their (ithes, and whofc difpofitions in- 

 cline them to oblige, might in any country 

 foon be rendered fufficiently perfefc In the art 

 of laying corn (Iraight in fwath ; or of fctting 

 it up (Iraight and evenly againd the (landing 

 corn. In cxercifing thcfe, young women 

 might at the fiime time learn to lay out the 



(heaves. 



