I S6 Of the Management^ and 



SECTION III. 



Of the Suferficia.^ ^rejfit'gs^ hy Wood AJbes], 



WOOD Aflies may be reckoned among{^ 

 the Principal of our Superficial Im* 

 provements and Dreffings, as containing a 

 Vegetative Kind of Salt, which byExperienve 

 is very excellent on both Meadow and Corn 

 Land, efpeciallyif hous'd and kept dry till 

 juft they are us*d ; for Rains not only wadi 

 away their Nitrous Parts, but clog them up 

 together in Heap?. And I very much recom- 

 mend the Building of a long Shed, where 

 thefe calcinated Dreffings may be all laid in 

 Range and Order, ready to fpread on the 

 Lands from Michaelmas to Candlemas^on Mea- 

 dow and Wheat Lands, and even after that 

 on Barly Lands, where they are poor. And 

 thefe Wood Aflies I call (No. a.j about 12 

 or 14 Load of which will drefs an Acre of 

 the pooreft Lands. And in feme Lands that 

 are indifferently good, 8 or 10 Load will be 

 fufBcienr. The Original of this Improvement 

 are all Sorts of Wood, whether Billet, Fag- 

 got, or Brufli Wood; Bat thefe are always 

 reckon'd thebeft, that are made of the neweft 

 Wood, which is much better than old, dead 

 Jledge Wood ; the Nitrons Qualities of which 



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