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" Take one bushel of fresh cow-dung, half a bushel of lime rubbish of old buildings (that from the ceilings of rooms is preferable), half a bushel of wood-ashes, and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit or river sand : the three last articles are to be sifted... "
A Compendium of Modern Husbandry: Principally Written During a Survey of ... - Page 169
by James Malcolm (land surveyor.) - 1805
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 53

1791 - 686 pages
...wood aft«, VOL. LUI, June 1791. mm ron; T a or river fand. The three laft articles are to be fifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a Ij'uk-, and afterwards with a wooden beater, until the fluff is very fmooth, like fine plalUr ufeH...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

1791 - 612 pages
...ailles, and a fixieenth pare of a buihel of pic or river fand : the three lad articles are tobe fifted fine before they are mixed, then work them well together with a fpade, and afterwards with a wooden beater, until the duff is very fmooih, like fine plainer ufed for...
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Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts ..., Volume 2

Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts, and Manufactures - 1807 - 274 pages
...half a bushel of wood ashes, and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit or river sand ; the three last articles are to be sifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a spade, afterward with a wooden beater, until the stuff i* very smooth, like fine plaister u&ed .for the ceilings...
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A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With Reflections ...

Richard Joseph Sulivan (Sie) - 1794 - 542 pages
...half a bushel of wood ashes ; and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit, or river sand. The three last articles are to be sifted fine before they are mixed....beater, until the stuff is very smooth, like fine plaist<*r, used for the cielings of rooms. All dead, decayed wood, must be carefully cut. ^way» The...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 18, Part 2

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 636 pages
...wood-alhes ; anda fixteenth part of a bufliel of pit or river fand. The three laft articles are to be lifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a fpade, and afterwards with a wooden beater, until the (luff is very fmooth, like fine plafter ufed'for...
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A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-trees, in which a New ...

William Forsyth, William Cobbett - 1802 - 420 pages
...allies, and a fixteenth part of a bufhel of pit or river fand : the three laft articles are to be lifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a fpade, and afterwards with a wooden beater, until the ftuff is very fmooth, like fine plafter ufed...
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The principles and practice of agriculture systematically explained, Volume 2

Robert Forsyth - 1804 - 620 pages
...woodafhes, and a fixteenth part of a bufhel of pit or river fand. The three laft articles are to be fifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a fpade, and afterwards with a wooder beater, until the fluff is very fmooth, like fine plaifter ufed...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 10

1816 - 764 pages
...wood a(hes, and a i6th part of a bufhel of pit or river find ; the 3 laft articles are to be fifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a fpade, and afterward* with a wooden beater, until the (luff is very fmobth like fine plaifler ufed...
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The American Orchardist: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Culture and ...

James Thacher - 1822 - 238 pages
...half a bushel of wood-ashes, and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit or river sand : the three last articles are to be sifted fine before they are mixed...stuff is very smooth, like fine plaster used for the ceiling of rooms. — The composition being thus made, care must be taken to prepare the tree properly...
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The Science of Horticulture: Comprising a Practical System for the ...

Joseph Hayward - 1824 - 340 pages
...half a bushel of wood ashes, and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit or river sand, the three last articles are to be sifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well with a spade, and afterwards with a wooden beater until the stuff is very smooth, like fine plaster,...
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