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ing; but when the cure is effected, the apertures, or ſpaces ſo cut out, can be filled up again without injuring the ſtack, even in its external appearance.

The firing of ſtacks, alſo, might be prevented, were baſkets put at firſt into the middle, and drawn up by a cord, as the ſtack riſes. By this means a kind of chimney is made in the ſtack, which draws off the foul air, and prevents any riſk of the ſtack being burnt

Otbers recommend hay-barns covered in with tiles and chimneys in them, with holes in the ſhafts to let out the foul air, and a communication below between the ſhafts, and the open air, made with brick, in the manner of a drain. By improving the quality of the hay, and faving it from accidents, any expence attending their conſtruction, will, it is ſaid, be amply repaid in the ſpace of two or three years, and, conſequently, the firſt coſt is the only objegt of confſideration.

Strauw.— The price of ſtraw, as might naturally be ex- pected, is dearer in the neighbourhood of London than in any part of England. It is at preſent as high as from 30 to 32s. a load. The load conſifts of 36 truſſes, at 36 libs per truſs. Two loads of Wheat ſtraw per acre is reckoned a tolerable crop, which may be averaged at 87. a truſs, or 24s. a load, or 2. 85. per acre. In other parts of the kingdom, the value of the ſtraw is ſuppoſed equal to nearly the expence of reaping. Here, there is probably a furplus of very near 2 per acre, a material addition in- deed to the profit of the huſbandman.

Here it may be obſerved that the Middleſex threſhers manage the flail differently from thoſe of many other counties. Inſtead of downright ſtrokes, they always make ſloping ones, not to break the ſtraw, which is ſo material an article of fale for the London market. This mode of

threſhing may improve the appearance of the ſtraw, but,

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