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jQieaves, and ftout lads to fet them up fingly. 

 A leifure opportunity fhould be embraced; 

 The outfet fhould be confidered as a matter 

 of amufement. A few acres this year might 

 be an inducement to extend the practice to a 

 greater number the next. The art once ac- 

 quired, it would be ready to be applied on a 

 large fcale, whenever a wet feafon, or a back- 

 ward harvefl Ihould happen* 



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FARM-YARD MANAGEMENT, 



I. BARN MANAGEMENT. The fub- 

 divilions of this fubjedt which are noticeable 

 here are, 



1. Binding the ftraw. 



2. Winnowing the corn. 



1. Binding Straw. Straw of every kind 

 is bound upon the thra{l:iing-floor. This, 

 when flraw is not ufed at the time of thrafli* 

 ing, would, in any country, be good economy. 



Straw 



