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that tl pofieſſing this valuable mánure unu; and in thoſe parts where it is applied, a repeti- tion of it ſeldom takes place in leſs than twenty-ve or thirty
1 liberal manurng does not exceed one ſhil- and ſix-pence per acre per annum, and for this, there are many inſtances of an almoſt immediate adyance of rent of twenty ſhillings per acre.
ore plentiful than zar, and, within a diſ-
tance. of ſix miles from the coal-pits, may be burnt for
ſixteen or eighteen-pence per quarter, Its beneficial effects
re univerßlly known and acknowledged, and yet, ſtrange
to relate, a ſecond application thereof ſeldom takes place in
leſs than’ fifteen or twenty years: this réluctance may be
attributed to the baneful effes, not of lime, but of an ous and exhauſting courſe of cropping.
Allowing that arable land may be injured by a too liberal
uſe of this manure, it muſt be allowed, that with paſture
no fuch conſeguences could enſue. Lime, like marl, Kills
all the coarſe ſour graſſes, brings ſweet and beautiful herb-
ace, grateful to the palate of all cattle; it forms a kind of
pan under the ſurface, by which the nutritious particles of duns are kept longer within the reach of the roots of pl e
and is the means of making ten loads go as far as ¿wen when applied without a previous liming.[ts activity E
not abated in the courſe of three or four years; for if the
1 1 ESA ES RV A Es RO ER land be broKen UP at that dutance ol time, 1fs effects are aS
vifible in the ſubſequent crops of corn as if it were imme-
diately applied. Happy then are thoſe farmers who poſſeſs ÿY aÞpP PP}
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