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The fmallcr the heaps, the nearer they ap- 

 proach to fingle ftones ; there is a greater 

 proportion of fur face, and confequently a 

 greater proportion of granules. 



It is therefore the practice of judicious 

 hufbandmen to fet lime upon the land in 

 LOAD-HEAPS, and fprcad it over the foil 

 out of carts, as foot: as it is fufficiently fallen. 



There is an inilance of prat^tice in this 

 neighbourhood, and, I believe, only one, 

 which is ftill fuperior to that lafL-mentioned. 

 In this inilance, the load-heaps are turned 

 oveVi not fo much to finifh the falline, as to 

 gain an opportunity of burying the gra- 

 nulous furface of the heaps; by which means 

 the fragments are at lealt Icffcncd, if not re- 

 duced 10 powder. 



In the MOR ELANDS a flill better practice 

 is faid to prevail. There the heaps are inter- 

 layered and covered up with moijl '''' turf -mould'* 

 (the rubbifhfrom peat and turf fuel), which 

 bringing on a rapid fall, the whole is fet 011 

 fire, and the furface kept free from granules 

 by a' covering of dry alhes. 



This leads to a general improvement in 

 the method of SLAKING lime: Cover i^p the 

 heaps, whether large or fmall, with soil, 



either 



