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Till and Vitriolic Soils. 



These neceffarily require the calcareous ingredient to neutralize 

 their peccant acid ; hence chalk, limeftonc gravel, lime and cal- 

 careous marie, are moft advantageoufly applied to them. Home 35. 



Boggs or Boggy Soils. 



When thefe are well dried by fufficient drains, the nature 

 of their foil fhould be explored by analyfis, and an appropriate 

 manure applied ; in general they fhould firft be burned if capable 

 of that operation, then graveled ; if their upper parts contain a 

 fufEciency of the carbonaceous principle, as often happens, 

 they need not be burned. Limeftone gravel v\'ill anfwer beft 

 or lime mixed with coarfe fand or gravel, becaufe in general 

 they are of a clayey nature ; if more fandy, lime may anfwer 

 well, or calcareous marie; the preference in thefe cafes muft be 

 decided by analyfis *, 



Heathy Soils, 



These fhould firfl be burned to deftroy the heath and increafc 

 the carbonaceous principle ; they fhould then be analyzed and 

 the defedive principles fupplied ; lime is faid to deftroy heath, 

 and fo is limeftone gravel f; this is fitteft when the foil is clayey, 

 lime when it is gravelly %. Gypfum alfo anfwers remarkably well 

 when the foils are dry. 



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* Young's Irifh Tour, 233, 223. f 4th Young's Eaft. Tour, 395. 



I Irifti Tour, 212. 



