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threfhers themfelves, although near a twentieth of 

 all they threfh is allowed them for their labour, 

 are in general fo overwhelmed with poverty and 

 diftrefs of body, that they are of all the honed 

 labourers in the country the moft miferable : 

 Thefe facts, taken together, inconteftibly prove, 

 beyond the force of cuftom, ignorance, and ma- 

 lice, that the prefent method of doing this necef- 

 fary work, is not only prejudicial to individuals, 

 but alfo a very great public grievance. And that 

 therefore any contrivance, which would render the 

 labour tolerable, and put it in the power of all 

 occupiers of corn farms to have their corn fepa- 

 rated from the ftraw, in fuch quantities, and at 

 fuch times as they think proper, at a moderate ex- 

 pence, cannot but meet with a candid reception. 



Cuthbert Clarke, of Bclford, in the county of 

 Northumberland, thinking the above confiderations 

 well worthy his intention, has employed his ut- 

 moft efforts to accommodate the public with ma- 

 chines for the above purpofe •, and flatters himfelf, 

 that the machine he has contrived will, upon trial, 

 meet with approbation, as it will make great dif- 

 patch, be very fimple, commodious, and dura- 

 ble *. And in order to make it come as cheap as 

 poflible to the fubfcribers, he intends to furnifh 

 them on the following terms, and free of the 

 common additional expence of a patent. 



* It is impoffible precifely to compute the time fuch 

 a machine maylaft, but in all probability it will threfh 

 annually all the corn produced upon a two hundred 

 pound corn farm, and laft thirty years for about ten 

 (hillings a year repairs. It may be conveyed any dis- 

 tance by two good carts, and may be placed or fet up 

 in two days time, by any country Wright who can 

 follow directions. 



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