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General view of the agriculture of the county of Lancaster: with observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, from the communications of Mr. John Holt, of Walton, near Liverpool; ... / John Holt
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36 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

by which the operation of churning is ſomething caſier, and M the work expedited. M A hay-cutter, in the form of a ſpade, ſtraight, and ſharp at H the point and upon both ſides, performs the work with much wl more eaſe and expedition than the common hay-knife, This ti tool was introduced from Yorkſhire by Mr. Eccleſton.:: th C] S- hy The following is a Deſcription of MR. HARPER?s Mill;; drawn up by himſelf. 1 « MY thraſhing mill will thraſh all kinds of corn, and any° Kind of ſmall ſeeds, perfelly clean*; and in’wheat that is bad to/ thraſh by the flail, will get from two to four quarts out of a thrave, more than it is poſible to get out by the fail; and if it is good to thraſh, generally about a quartz; and gets a deal more| chaff of all kinds than the flail, which is uſeful upon a farm if|| properly applied, the merits of which belong to the mill;:|: and it does not damage the ſtraw more than the flail; and if| j the corn is not well got, it does not damage the ſtraw ſo 1/ much. if: The following is the deſcription of the mill: Firſt is the| horſe-wheel, which is fifteen foot diameter; in which there are| 204 caſt iron coggs, and at the end’of a tumbling ſhaft is a| caſt iron wheel, which contains 20 co&gs, which work into the/

...| fi horſe-wheel; and at the other end of the tumbling ſhaft within Y\

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the barn 1s a ſpor-wheel, ſeven foot and a half diameter, which| Y .... 1 contains 100 wood coggs, which work into a caſt iron wheel| ü .. Slezs* AIE. f) of 18 inches diameter, containing I4 coggs, Which is fixed| y on the end of the ſhaft that comes through the cylinder. The|( cylinder is fix foot long and three foot diameter, and has y( fixed upon it twelve wrought iron beaters, all at an equal diſ-/ 0 tance; theſe beaters by the cylinder running round meet two| Ñ || Á The furveyor purchaſed twenty thrave of barley ſtraw, 1794, from a th y tythe barn, thraſhed with the flail in the uſual manner of the county, and i, | at the uſual price paid. When he got it home, he cauſed it to be thraſhed fy 0 | over again, and from this ſmall quantity, which was made up into ſmall elo] 1J ſheaves, he obtained one and a half buſhel of good corn, ÿ I Out N |Y

 
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