Improvement of arable Land. 251' 



three Inches broad, fawn and hid one a-crofs 

 the other, checker wife, the flat Way, the Di- 

 ftances being three Inches or thereabout? 5 the 

 Ledges are to be fo enter'd and put one into ano- 

 ther, that the Floor may be even and fmooth : 

 This Bed may reft on two or three Joyces let 

 edgeways to fupport it from finking :> then co- 

 ver it with large double Tin foider\i together 

 at each Joint, and fo order the Ledges Dei re 

 they are laid, that the Joints of the Tin 

 may always lie over the Middle of a Ledge 5 

 and when the Bed is wholly covered with Tii\ 

 fit Boards about the Edges to keep up the 

 Hops, only let one Side be fo ordered, to re- 

 move upon Occafion, that they ipay be (hov'd 

 off as before. The Hops may be turn d on 

 this Tin-bed, or Floor, with great Safety 5 and 

 not only a fmall Expence of Fuel wiiJ do, 

 but any Manner of Fuel ferve in this Cafe, 

 as well as Charcoal, and the Smoke not paf- 

 fing thro* the Hops : But Care mufl: be taken 

 to make Conveyances for it at the feveral Cor- 

 ners and Sides of the Kiln. The eafy turn- 

 ing of Hops is a Wafte and Injury to them, 

 and an Expence of Fuel and Time : It is 

 beft to have a Cover to the upper Bed where- 

 on the Hops lye, that may be let down and 

 rais'd at Pleafure5 this Cover may be tinn'd 

 over, by nailing fingle Tinn Flares to Hie 

 Face of it, that when the Hops begin to dry, 

 and are ready to be burnt, you may Jet down 

 the fame within a Foot and lefs of the Hops, 

 which will refled the Heat upon them, that 



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