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Husbandry spiritualized, or, The heavenly use of earthly things consisting of many pleasant observations,…
Husbandry spiritualized, or, The heavenly use of earthly things consisting of many pleasant observations, pertinent applications, and serious reflections and each chapter concluded with a divine and suitable poem : directing husband-men to the most excellent improvements of their common employments : whereunto is added ... several choice occasional meditations / by John Flavell.Husbandry spiritualized, or, The heavenly use of earthly things consisting of many pleasant observations, pertinent applications, and serious reflections and each chapter concluded with a divine and suitable poem : directing husband-men to the most excellent improvements of their common imployments : whereunto is added ... several choice occasional meditations / by John Flavell.
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OBSERVATION.
Husbandmen having to do with divers sorts of grain some more tough and stubborn; others more free and tender, do not beat all alike in the threshing floor; but as they have threshals of several sizes, so they bestow on some grain more, on other fewer strokes, according to the different qualities of the grain to the threshed. This observation ⟨p. 160⟩the Prophet Isaiah hath, Chop. 28. v. 27. The Fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is the Cart-wheel turned about upon the Cummin, but the Fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the Cummin with a rod. The manner of beating out the corn in ancient times, was far different from that which is now in use among us; they had the Cart-wheel, which was full of iron spokes or teeth, and the hoofs of beasts for the harder sort of grain, as Wheat, Rye and Barley, a staff or flail for the Fitches, and a rod or twig for the Cummin; all which instruments were proportioned according to the nature of the grain.
HUsbandmen having to do with divers sorts of grain some more tough and stubborn; others more free and tender, do not beat all alike in the threshing floor; but as they have threshals of several sizes, so they bestow on some grain more, on other fewer strokes, according to the different qualities of the grain to the threshed. This observation ⟨p. 160⟩the Prophet Isaiah hath, Chop. 28. v. 27. The Fitches are not thereshed with a threshing instrument, neither is the Cart-wheel turn'd about upon the Cummin, but the Fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the Cummin with a rod. The manner of beating out the corn in ancient times, was far different from that which is now in use among us; they had the Cart-wheel, which was full of iron spokes or teeth, and the hoofs of beasts for the harder sort of grain, as Wheat, Rye and Barley, a staff or flail for the Fitches, and a rod or twig for the Cummin; all which instruments were proportioned according to the nature of the grain.