. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. alue to that of the above species, though perhaps itis not quite so productive. Jticus serratus c , or black-weed, as it is commonly called,is neither so productive as the preceding, nor is the kelp procured from it so va-luable. This weed is seldom employed alone for the manufacture of kelp; it is ingeneral mixed with some of the other kinds. Fucus
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. alue to that of the above species, though perhaps itis not quite so productive. Jticus serratus c , or black-weed, as it is commonly called,is neither so productive as the preceding, nor is the kelp procured from it so va-luable. This weed is seldom employed alone for the manufacture of kelp; it is ingeneral mixed with some of the other kinds. Fucus digitatus (Laminaria rhgitataII. B. 15, 343.) (d) is said to afford a kelp inferior in quality to that obtained from anyof the others; it forms the principal part of the drift-weed. 6189. The plants are cut in May, June, and July, exposed to the air on the ground till nearly dried,care being taken to prevent them, as much as possible, from being exposed to the rain. I hey are then 3 P 946 PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE. Part III. burned in a rude sort of kiln, formed by digging a pil in the sand, or by enclosing a portion of the surfacewith loose stones. On the bottom of this kiln a peat tire is kindled, and the weed is gradually added, till. the fire extends over the whole floor; the weed is then spread lightly on the top, and added in successiveportions. As it burns it leaves ashes, which accumulating towards evening, become semifused, and arethen well stirred. Ancther days burning increases the mass; and this is continued till the kiln is nearlyrilled. On some occasions the kiln consists of a cavity in the ground, over which bars of iron areplaced ; and on this the ware is burned, the ashes falling into the cavity, where they are well worked bythe proper instruments. 6190. Kc/p is getteral/9 divided into tiro kinds ; the cut-weed kelp, and the drift-weed kelp ; the formermade from the weed which has been recently cut from the rocks, the latter from that which has beendrifted
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