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other inftances of his fkill in this branch, his 

 invention of a draining plough, which ob- 

 tained a premium of 50/. from the Society, 

 is one, which has made his name publick in 

 other parts of the kingdom, befides his own 

 neighbourhood. 



But the grand machine upon which he 

 mod builds his reputation, is one for the 

 threming of corn : How far it will an- 

 iwer has not been tried, becaufe the ma- 

 chine will not be produced until a fubfcrip- 

 tion is filled. 



The following are his propofals to the 

 public : They certainly merit attention. 



Proposals for making by Subfcription, com- 

 plete Machines for Threjhing Corn. 

 ¥0 the Public. 



O f all the operations of the laudable profefllon 

 of the hufbandman, it is prefumed none are per- 

 formed lefs to his fatisfa6tion and emolument, 

 none more detrimental to the public, and more 

 opprefiive to the poor labourer, than that of 

 threfhing corn. The difficulty of finding people 

 idifpofed to undertake this drudgery, the large ex- 

 pence, and unavoidable wafte that attends the 

 prefent method of threming corn ; and the difap- 

 pointments that are met with by not having grain 

 ready in due time for feed, and other occafions, 

 are lofTes and embarrafTments that the mod cir- 

 cumfpe& farmers hitherto have not been able to 

 prevent; and as corn is not marketable until it is 

 threfhed, the public have undoubtedly felt fome 

 of the effects of fcarcity on that account. The 



threfhers 



