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rattle, and where they do j and where 

 they do not rattle, they abate them 

 there, and difpofe of them where 

 the Places were firft dry. 



They know when they arc 

 throughly dry by the Brittlenefs of 

 the inner Stalk, if it be Iliort when 

 it is rubb'd j which when they find, 

 they take out the Fire, and fhove 

 out the Hops at the Window, that 

 is made for that Purpofe, into the 

 Room made to receive them, with 

 a Coal-Rake made with a Board at 

 the End ot a Pole ; and then go in 

 at the Door below, and fweep up 

 the Hops and Seeils that fall through, 

 and put them to the other Hops ; 

 then they lay another Bed of green 

 Hops, and renew the Fire, and pro- 

 ceed as before. 



This Method is difapprov'd by 

 fome, becaufe they lay, the Hops 

 lying fo thick, and not being 

 turn'd, the under Part of them 

 mud needs dry before the upper, 

 and the Fire pafTing through the 

 whole Bed to dry the upper-moft, 

 muft neceffatily over-dry and much 

 prejudice the greateft Part of the 

 Hops both in Strength and Weight, 

 belides the unneceiBry Expence of Fi- 

 ring, which muft be long continu'd 

 to dry throughly lb many together. 



Therefore fome have improv'd 

 on thi? Method, and advis'd to 

 make the Kiln much as is before di- 

 redcd as to the Dutch Way. 



Firfl:, to make a Bed ot flat Led- 

 ges about an Inch thick, and two 

 or three Inches broad, fawn and 

 laid acrofs one another, the fiat 

 Way Chequerwife, at about three 

 or four Inches Diftance one from 

 the other, the Edges being fb en- 

 ter 'd one into the other, that the 

 Floor may be even and fmooth : 

 This Bed may be made to reft on 

 two or three Joifts, fet edge-wife, 

 to fupport it from finking. 



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This Bed is to be coverM with 

 large double Tin, folder'd together 

 at each Joint, and the Ledges muft 

 be fo order 'd, before they are laid, 

 that the Joints of the Tin may al- 

 ways lie over the Middle of the 

 Ledge, the Bed being wholly co- 

 ver'd over with Tin, Boards muft be 

 fitted about the Edges of the Kiln, 

 to keep up the Hops ; but one Side 

 muft be made to remove, that the 

 Hops may be fhov'd off as before. 



On this Bed or Floor of Tin, 

 the Hops may be turn'd without 

 fuch Hazard or Lofs, as upon the 

 Hair-cloth, and alio it will require 

 a lefs Expence of Fewelj and be- 

 fides, any Sort of Fewel will ferve 

 in this Kiln as well as Charcoal, 

 becaufe the Sraoak does not pafs 

 through the Hops, as it does the 

 former Ways: But then Care is to 

 be taken, that there be FalTages 

 made for it at the feveral Corners 

 and Sides of the Kiln. 



It is found by Experience, that 

 the turning of Hops, though it be 

 after the moft ealy and beft Man- 

 ner, is not only an Injury and 

 Wafte to the Hops, but alfb an Ex- 

 pence of Fewel and Time, becaufe 

 they require as much Fewel, and 

 as long a Time to dry a fmall 

 Quantity, by turning them, as a 

 large one. 



Now this may be prevented, by 

 having a Cover (to be let down 

 and rais'd at Pleaiure) to the up- 

 per Bed whereon the Hops lie. 



This Cover may alfo be tinn'd, 

 by nailing lingle Tin Plates over 

 the Face of it, fo that when the 

 Hops begin to dry, and arc ready 

 to burn, i, e, when the greateft 

 Part ot their Moifture is evapora- 

 ted, then the Cover may be let 

 down within a Foot or lefs of the 

 Hops (like a Revcrberatory) and 

 will reflect the Heat jpoa them, 



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