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SECTION X[J 



Of the Superficial Improvement of Land by 

 Turff Ajhes. 



IMuft not here omit what I have hear'd re- 

 commended, and that is, the Aflies of 

 Turff, fuch as are dug for Firing in heathy 

 Commons, and which in fome Places ofBar^ 

 Poire and other Countries they have very 

 great Quantities, there being very feldom 

 lefs than three or four Buftiels on a Fire at 

 one time, which Aflies they fpreadover their 

 Lands of all Sorts, where they are very pro- 

 fitable, efpecially on Clays. And for this 

 Superficial way of Dreffing we are upon, no- 

 thing can certainly be better than laying of 

 I y or 20 Load on an Acre, mix'd with Lime : 

 But they muft, as well as all the other Super- 

 ficial Manures I have been fpeaking of, be 

 kept dry from the time they arc about, till 

 the time they are us'd, elfe the Rains will 

 wafli away their Goodnefe, and clod them fo 

 together, that they can*t be fpread. And 

 this I call (N^o, xo.) But before I quit 

 this, I can't but Remark how 'tis poffi- 

 ble that there (hould be any Virtue in Heath 

 that grows on fo jejune and barren a Land as 

 that commonly does, and is in it felf of fo 



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