METHOD OF MANUFACTURING 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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