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are drawn off by long continuance in the al- 

 ternate change of Weather* Thus much of 

 Wood and Coal Aflies, as they are made by 

 the common Fires us'd in a Family 5 to which 

 if you add Lime in all hot Lands, it will not 

 be an unprofitable Manure and Compofi- 

 tion. 



SECTION .IV. 



Of Superficial MaKures by Kiln AJloes^ or as 

 ^tis made ofStraw^ Furze, 8cc» 



rr^HE Malfters in all Malting Countries, 

 JL efpecially in the Wefi^ where they burn 

 Straw, ufe likcwife thefe Afhes to fift over 

 their Corn and Grafs ; and this they account 

 as good as any of their Spirituous Improve- 

 ments on lightifli Lands, for they are fcarce 

 folid and ponderous enough for heavy. But 

 thefe ought by no means to be negleded, for 

 being preferv'd dry in a Shed or Houfe, they 

 may either be us'd on Lands that are haften d 

 for Meadow, or on Corn, or any other Grafs 

 Seed as before, participating as it doth with 

 the Virtues that have before been fpoke to in 

 other of thefe Superficial Manures, and by 

 their Heat, caufing fuch a Fern^entation and 

 HoUownels and Loofenefs inJtlie Mold, that 

 $he Rains more eafily enter it, and difpofe 



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