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less value for that purpose, and at the same time to clear them from many 
seeds of weeds, is, to make a stout man, with a broad wooden shovel, throw 
the corn with all his force towards an opposite corner of the barn, or rather 
of a large boarded room, which is fittest for this work. All the light, small, 
shrivelled grain, unfit for sowing, and the seeds of cockle, &c. not being so 
heavy as the solid corn, will fall short, and lie nearest to the man who 
throws them; while such as are large, plump, and weighty,* outflying all the 
rest, are separated widely, and may easily be gathered up. Experience will 
shew the vast advantages of seed thus chosen. 
* It is, however, the opinion of many, that small seeds are equally advantageous as the 
larger, by which a great saving is made; and it must be allowed, that as weakly children often grow 
up to vigorous men, so the smaller seeds will sometimes answer well; but it must be confessed, that 
such trials are frequently hazardous. 
