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Proportion of Alkali to Ashes. 



New York, informed me, in 1 8 1 2, that 400 bushels of the ashes of the 

 water ash, black ash, and elm, yielded one ton of salts. 



At Chazy, on lake Champlain, near the Canada line, Mr. Lam- 

 bert states that the following proportions between ashes aad potash 

 are found. 



1000 pounds of oak ashes will make 1 1 1 pounds of potash. 



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The management of the fire influences the product. Labour is 

 well paid with 700 pounds of potash from 400 bushels of ashes. 

 The harder and better woods afford the most alkali. — Travels in 

 Lower Canada, and the United States, vol. 3. p. 500. Lond. 1810. 



J. M. 



Duckefs Skim Coulter Plough, 



