n of made carts, h the and daf- nce, | ad- cari imber large

r being duced;

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moves by water, thraſhes, winnows, and grinds(or cruſhes the corn for provender), all at the ſame time. Many of the neighbours apply to this machine, for the uſe of which the colonel takes or charges one twentieth part*. Hand machines are alſo introduced, and are uſeful to the farmers, chiefly mad by John Naylor, at Aſhton, near St. Helen's+.

This machine reguires two men. to turn, a boy or girl to feed, and another to take away the fraw ft. 1 theſe hand machines are about ſix pounds each

A churn has been lately introduced, which ſeems very uſe- ful for its neatnefſs, cleanlineſs, and economy E it occaſrons leſs waſte of milk). The: churn, or veſlel, inſtead of E round, has four corners, and‘tne milk is put in motion by turning a handle, upon which are fixed boards which move horizontally in the manner of a reel within ſide the veel,

*‘The average price paid for thraſhing in the diſtri.

E E this it is remarked, on the margin of one of the Reports, that

éc 1e ſurvey or has been wrong EEES of the above; for I have ſer ttree or'four different ones of thè ſaid John Naylor’s make, and never any

that would do as much as the information given. From all the enquiries I could make of them, there was little or no benefit arifin> therefrom beyond thraſhing with flails. One of his make, in particu lar, Ï fw at work at the honourable Mr. Jones’s, of Blackley-hurſt, in Billinge, from which I could ſee no advantage.

« Mr. Steevens of Chorl ey, who ereétec made one for Mr. Blundell of Ince, to be have täáken as many men to ls worked 1t as y with CS) for which reaſon it was returned to the m: ker as per agreement. Mr. Steevens I have ſince ſeen," who ſaid it was impoſible for one to be erected to any advantage to be worked by hand; it 1 ſt either be by water, ſteam, or horſes.”

i Coloñel Mordaunt’s of Halſall, ed by hand, which would nid have thraſhed the corn

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Je HTCTOE Gomer d Boy ande= at e 02 0( wao cañ,with this machire, SEA thraſh about 30 buſhls of wheat der day, whictx

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would come to TIS 3 de af tnesprelent price paid':for fAnrainung: about 70 buſhels of oats alſo per day, which would cot 0 6d. accorda

RT fe ECLER DE N E LS STRa ing to the preſent price paid. But h SAL e Gone GRE M TT Fad-> cient for this heavy work.“Mr. Harp O BanK-hall, has con- raéted for a thraſhing machine, to be mnade for 40 L. which will require one horſe, and 1s to thraſh out from eight to ten buſhels ber hour, accord- ing to the length of fraw, and quantity of grain contained,

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