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fide alfo to the level of the other fod walls ; 

 when the clay begins to look red, throw on 

 more by degrees •, the greateft difficulty is to 

 get the firft clay well on fire, when that is ac- 

 complished after the firft day, it wants no 

 other attendance than to throw on fome frefh 

 clay morning and evening, and it will conti- 

 nue burning as long as you pleafe, till you 

 can throw the clay no higher. The clay may 

 be ufed juft as it is dug out of the pit. The 

 fod walls on the ends and fides muft from time 

 to time be raifed as high as the clay to keep in 

 the heat; if the fire be too w T eak, it may be 

 helped by giving it vent by a poker from the 

 top, or if it goes out, it may be renewed by 

 putting in fome frefh fuel and clay. When 

 you fail to fupply it with frefh clay, the fire 

 will go out -, the clav will then, appear like the 

 t ubbiih of a brick-kiln. Lay the fame quan- 

 tity of it on your land that you w T ouldof dung ; 

 but as poor and light land requires more than 

 firon^ ground, experience muft determine the 

 exact quantity. The froft and rainwili diiTolve 

 all the large lumps. It will exceedingly en- 

 rich your land either for corn, flax, or grafsj 

 it kills all fprats, (juncus) and produces a fine 

 fweet herbage, that lafts many years. Chufe 

 the place for your, kiln, where the clay is 

 thick and moft convenient for carriage to your 

 fields that want manure ; it will be well worth 

 your pains to burn any clay or earth in this 

 manner (fand and gravel only excepted^ ; it is 

 a very cheap manure, and hardly inferior to 



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