IkprciVement of arable Land, 1 85? 

 a littJe to its advantage to mix it with Earth, 

 for when it is new, it will burn up and ftain 

 either Grafs or Corn very miich,but when it is 

 brought into Order ,t here is no better Improve- 

 ment, if fpread pretty lightly on, which our 

 Country Men are apt to undo, and thereby 

 do more mifchief than good. About 10 or 

 12 Load is enough for an Acre, and if mix*d 

 with the fame quantity of Earth, about 20 

 Load. But there are fome that go a nearer 

 and quicker way to work, to make Saw-Dufl 

 fit for fifting over Meadow and Corn Lands, 

 and that is, by burning them^ by which 

 means they are lighter Carriage, and go a 

 great deal farther 3 6 or 8 Load being fufEci- 

 ent for an Acre. They are indeed foraething 

 of the Nature of Wood Afhes, but are much 

 ftrongcr, in as much as they are mix'd with 

 the Sap in much greater Quantities than com- 

 mon Wood Allies are, the ^bap naturally fol- 

 lowing the Cut of the Saw, if the Timber is 

 any whit green,* but in this as well as all 

 Alhes and other Calcinations, the mixing of 

 a little with them is of advantage, in cafe of 

 dry, husky, windy Weather. And this let 

 lis call (No. ^.) 



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