This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1798 Excerpt: ...fuel. A free circular tion of air being absolutely necessary, the sire should face the wind; and it must be attended night and day, as the fun or raia would extinguish it. The The expence, at present, of burning fifty cart-loads of clay, which is sufficient for one acre, is as follows: A tun of coals- .0 15 o Wages of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1798 Excerpt: ...fuel. A free circular tion of air being absolutely necessary, the sire should face the wind; and it must be attended night and day, as the fun or raia would extinguish it. The The expence, at present, of burning fifty cart-loads of clay, which is sufficient for one acre, is as follows: A tun of coals- .0 15 o Wages of a man, fourteen days, at is. per day 180 Cartage after it is burnt 158 Total expences j. 3 8 8 Where the clay is prepared, women and children, with a man to superintend them, may be employed to light and keep up the fires. Thus very large quantities might be burnt at a trifling expence. As most luxuriant crops grow on the spots where the fires had been, the more ground is burnt over, the better. Where ant-hills and sward are ploughed for that purpose, the fires should be kindled in rows; and by cross-ploughing the foil may afterwards be intermixed and made more equal. There are many kinds of land in the kingdom that might be improved by this method; particularly four poor clay foil, such as abounds about about Stamford and Grantham in Lincoln shire, which, without being meliorated by art, will not produce an abundant crop when first ploughed up. The improvement of such land should be undertaken in summer, when the weather is dry. The surface and ant-hills must be ploughed, and burnt on the ground, and the ashes spread over it. This is a good preparation for wheat or rape to stand for feed; as either of these crops will give sufficient time for the operation. The following is a profitable rotation of crops aster burn-baking: first year, rape; second year, wheat; third year, beans or peas drilled; fourth year, barley or wheat; fifth year, clover; sixth year, wheat; seventh year, fallow and drilled' turnips; eighth year, barley and grass-fee...
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