1781. 



NORFOLK. 



ii 



GRASSLAND. 



His motive is the improvement of his farm 6. 



by the afhes ; and his pretext the improvement MANURE. 

 of the common : both of which good purpofes 

 will probably be obtained. He is to level the 

 ground, and rake in grafs- feeds. 



His procefs is to cut them up with a heart- 

 ihaped fliarp fpade or {hovel, in irregular 

 lumps of ten to fifteen inches diameter, and 

 two to five or fix inches thick. Thefe are 

 turned grafs-downward, until the mould-fide 

 be thoroughly dry, and then fet up grafs-out- 

 ward until they are dry enough to burn. 



The fire is kindled with brufli-wood, and 

 kept fmothcring, by laying the fods or lumps 

 on gradually as the fire breaks out, until ten 

 to fifteen or twenty loads of afhes are raifed in 

 one heap. The workmen have agreed to com- 

 plete the procefs for a fhilling each load of 

 afhes. 



This is a cheap way of raifing manure; be- 

 sides, at the fame time, removing a nuifance : 

 and no man having fuch an opportunity in his 

 power ought to neglect making at lead an ex< 

 periment. On fome foils afhes are found in 

 themfelves an excellent manure ; and, perhaps 

 generally, aihes railed in this way would be 

 found highly advantageous as bottoming for 

 farm-yards and dunghills. 



