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to the corn of {landing a fufficient time in the 

 ftook to be ready for the barn. 



Thrafhing is mod profitably performed by 

 the machine, as will be explained in the follow- 

 ing fection. 



It is needlefs to fay any thing here of chop- 

 ping of draw ; as the operation is fo fimple 

 and generally known, and frequently fpoken 

 of in the courfe of the Work. 



SECTION X. 



Ufe of the Thrafhing- Machine. 



BY thrafhing with the machine, little corn 

 will be left in the draw. I do not mean to de- 

 fcribe the machine minutely : the inventor is 

 ready to give particulars to thofe who choofe 

 to apply to him. It is fufficient for me to fay, 

 that by the operation of this machine the corn 

 is to a certainty freed from the draw and all 

 extraneous matter. Thrafhing with the flail 

 is uncertain at the bed, even fuppofing the 

 thrafher difpofed to do his work well ; for he 

 may beat a long time and not meet with every 

 head of corn, which with the machine it is 

 fcarcely poflible to mifs. The grain waded by 

 the ufe of the flail is beyond belief. One circum- 



dance 



