METHOD OF MANUFACTUKING BRICK 



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Bricks made by the soft mud. process are usually dried in one 



of three ways viz.: 



1. Open yards 



2. Pallet yards 



3. Covered yards 



The first method is the most used, the second next and the third 

 least. In the first method the bricks are spread^out on a hard 



Covered yard. 



floor, in the open air. This floor, which is about 200 feet long,'is 

 of brick, with a thin covering of sand, and is the " yard " proper. 

 At one end of it are the molding machines, at the other end the 

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