. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book III, MOVEABLE STRUCTURES. 301. cases fermenting litter thrown 329in. A great improvement onthis species of pit has beenmade by J. West, of Castle Ash-by, Northamptonshire. Theprinciple of the improvementis the facilitating the passageof the heat from the vault tothe bed of earth over it by sub-stituting a tlnn floor of boardsor slates, or vi^attled hurdle, forbrick-work; the walls are also flued, and the heat supplied is that of fei-menting dung,litter, weeds, &c. On the whole it seems an excellent improvement. Nine years expe-rience enable its inventor t
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book III, MOVEABLE STRUCTURES. 301. cases fermenting litter thrown 329in. A great improvement onthis species of pit has beenmade by J. West, of Castle Ash-by, Northamptonshire. Theprinciple of the improvementis the facilitating the passageof the heat from the vault tothe bed of earth over it by sub-stituting a tlnn floor of boardsor slates, or vi^attled hurdle, forbrick-work; the walls are also flued, and the heat supplied is that of fei-menting dung,litter, weeds, &c. On the whole it seems an excellent improvement. Nine years expe-rience enable its inventor to recommend it for neatness of appearance, the power ofregulating the heat to the greatest nicety, and for forcing asparagus, strawberries, andthe most delicate kind of cucumbers. By raising the walls of the pit higher above theearth, it is evident it would answer equally well for growing pines, or forcing shrubs, orany other purpose to which pits are applied. 1547. In West^s j^it the dung is placed in a chamber (e) three feet and a half deep,being about eighte
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