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tinue to go after motion 1s imparted, is a ſure warrant of accurate workmanſhip, and diminiſhed fri@ion. A material improvement(of this man’s invention) is the addition of iron plates on the ſurface of the beaters: hence, by two ſcrews, the beater may be ſet at any diſtance from the rollers. His place of abode is No. 74, Margaret Street, Cavendiſh Square.

We conclude this article by cautioning the public againſt thoſe Machines which are made to ftrike upward; they are ne- ceſſarily formed with a circúlar cover, within which the wad of ſtraw. is to be puſhed-round by the beaters. This augments the labour, without any good efe.

In ſome future month, when Teſs correſpondenge is waiting admittance, we ſhall probably ſy ſomething more of the effedts of the important invention of a THRESHING MACHINE.

For the Commercial and Agricultural Magazine. ON BURNET. By a Gentleman Cultivator, aur Correſpondent, in Staffordjhire." Had read ſo much of the medical properties of Burnet, for the- À uſe of cattle, particularly ſheep, and had, beſides, formerly ſeen the plant cultivated in a diſtant county, to ſo much profit, that I determined to make the experiment. But my land being fiff and cold, I ſowed burnet, both in ſpring and autumn, to very little purpoſe. Few of the plants came up, and of thoſe h did, the roots were ſo exceſſive weak, that even the wind

W HIC would nearly blow them out of the ground. As to the treading öf cattle, a few ſheep breaking in, deſtroyed my whole crop, to appearance; or, if any was left, the winter's froſt and wet finiſhed it; nor were there enough, in the following June to ; 1

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higheſt and’ drieſt ſpot on my farm, cleaned it well, chalked, and laid it up all winter: in Ápril, having a heap of dry rub- biſh and light earch, ſimilar to road ſtúf, or ſcrapings of roads, T ſpread ſo large a quantity on the prepared ground, well mixing it with the upper faple, as to change the nature of the ſoil, and render it, as I ſuppoſed, more congenial with burnet. The ſpeculation did not deceive me. I ſowed, as ſoon as the cold rains granted me a ſeaſon, which, however, was Tate; and am, whilſt writing this, ſuperintending the cutting a very fine crop of young burnet, which we give to a milch cow, a ſaddle horſe, and ſome unthrifty lambs, which were injured by cold and wet, ly ſpring. The cow gives plénty of good rich milk, the horſe thrives, and is firm in his body, although he gets very few vats, and the lambs have obviouûly mended, and become