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some measure on the weather, for the worse that 

 is, the larger the heaps must be. It will also de- 

 pend on the thickness of paring. Thin flags will 

 burn in smaller heaps than thick ones. When the 

 ashes are spread, and the sooner that is done the 

 better, the land is to be ploughed thinly, which is 

 the general practice, lest the ashes be too much 

 buried. Upon high moors, in undertaking new 

 improvements, it may be of singular importance to 

 gain straw. In that case, to sow oats upon the 

 first burnt lands, may be admitted, but in general, 

 it is much more correct to leave the ashes ploughed 

 in for sowing turnips, upon all the land burnt in 

 March, April, or May. This preparation is unex- 

 ceptionable for potatoes, so that if this root be 

 wanted, it may be planted in April on the land 

 burnt in March, 



LIME. 



Liming is, in many districts, connet^ed with 

 paring and burning, and it is one of the best me- 

 thods of applying this manure. From a peck to a 

 bushel, according to its plenty, is added to and 

 mixed with every heap of ashes, and they are then 

 spread together. The efFe<it generally is considera- 

 ble, but proportioned to the soil. The greatest 

 effect of this manure is upon land thai has been 

 long in a state of nature, and particularly upon all 

 peat soils, moors, mountains, and bogs. But upon 

 all on which it is known to have effect, it is well 

 applied in the ashes of paring and burning. March 

 is a proper season for liming in other cases, and he 



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