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On Liming Land. By Richard Peters. 
Read August 14th, 1810. 
The relation to the society in which I am placed by 
them, impels me to bring to their notice, many sub- 
jects, which I should not otherwise conceive myself 
bound to discuss. When no attention appears to. be 
paid by others, to an important point, I venture to 
supply, however inadequately, the deficiency. This 
must be my apology for so often troubling them with 
my thoughts on topics, to which others, if so inclined, 
could do more ample justice. We have not a solitary 
communication upon the practice of liming lands ; 
though carried to very great extent in our state. In no 
country is LIME in more abundance; nor can it be 
of better quality. Chemical and theoretical accounts 
of it, may be found in many books. There are good 
writers on its properties, as they apply to agriculture. 
But we find in those writers, many positions and 
remarks, both theoretical and practical, unsuitable to 
the climate and circumstances of this country. It is 
more a topic for curiosity than practical use, with com- 
mon farmers, to enter into its composition chemically ; 
though to those who turn to profitable account such 
inquiries, they are indeed highly beneficial. I leave all 
theories ;—and wish to call the attention of the society 
to its practical uses. It would be very desirable to fall 
on means to acquire every information from those who 
can, from experience, give it; and multitudes of our 
fellow citizens have the capacity to afford the fullest 
