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foil. Many farmers ufe them as a top-d reding 

 for corn and grafs, but they fhould never be laid 

 on in windy weather. They fucceed bed juft 

 before rain or fnow falls, as thefe warn them into 

 the foil. 



Peat-afhes are alfo a very good manure, efpe- 

 cially if mixed with lime before they are fpread. 



Ellis, in his Modern Husbandry, has judici- 

 oufly obferved, that there is a confidcrable diffe- 

 rence between the afhes of lean peat and thofe of 

 the fatty kind. 



If barley be fown fo late as in May, lean peat 

 allies in particular rhay be applied over it, or 

 harrowed in with the grain. But afhes burnt 

 from fat black peat, fuch as is dug about New- 

 bury in Berkfhire, and in fome parts of the Ifle 

 of Ely, are of fo fulphureous a nature, that far- 

 mers are afraid to lay them on their barley; nor 

 do they drefs their wheat with them till late in 

 the fpring. 



The earth, of which thefe rich afhes are made, 

 is taken from a black moorifh ground, with nar- 

 row wooden fcoops, which bring it out in the 

 form of a long brick. After being dried, they 

 F 3 are 



