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dung ; they fhould make a layer of thefn,; 

 about two feet deep, and length and 

 breadth proportioned to the quantity, then 

 bring a layer of lime eight inches deep over 

 the turfs, then another layer of turfs two 

 feet deep, then a layer of yard dung 18 

 inches deep, then another layer of lime 

 eight inches deep ; then a layer of turfs 

 two feet deep ; next a layer of York ma- 

 nure, cinder allies, or mortar rubbifh, 12 

 inches deep, and laftly, another of lime 

 eight inches. This hill would be 12 feet 

 high in the middle, as each layer mould 

 be made with a Hope, particularly the 

 firft, for the reft to be right, that the carts 

 might drive up eafily ; it mould lay in this 

 manner about two months, then it fhould 

 be turned over and mixed ; but on no ac- 

 count in the common way of doing that 

 bufmefs. Let the men begin at one end, 

 (or if there be a great number of them, 

 along one fide) and turn over the compoft, 

 cutting evenly through the layers, chopping 

 to lmall pieces all the ant hills and turfs, 

 mixing the pieces well with lime and dung, 

 and when mixed, they mufl throw it from 

 them parallel with the hill to have a clear 

 fpace, a yard broad between the part mixed, 

 Hid that to mix; when this beginning is 

 made, iome of the men mould get on to 

 the hill, and others remain the vacant 

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