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and tlie measure, are filled by an implement called a iveig/if,something like a drum head, or a riddle having a close bot-tom ; being generally constructed out of the rim of an oldriddle, and closely covered with parchment.

SECT. XVI.

OF GLEANING.

Nothing occurs on this subject worthy of notice; but itmay be stated generally, that no gleaner ought ever to bepermitted on any account to enter a field, until the crop hasbeen led home to the stack-yard. Indeed the practice of allthe improved districts, for some years past, has been, to pro-hibit gleaning till the crop was removed from the field.

SECT. XVII.

OF STUBBLES.

As the crops of grain, generally speaking, are cut close tothe ground, no stubble is left that can be mown, or whichcan be applied to any particular use; except by turning incattle and sheep to eat up any fallen ears, or any grass thatmay be on the ground, though that is a rare circumstance inthe improved districts.

Except in the neighbourhood of large towns, when manurecan be purchased in abundance, no straw is allowed to be sold,and the quantity of straw produced Upon an acre of land, from