’ 
On. Liming Land. 277 
EEE 
tage, by knowing its texture, and applying the manure 
the most suitable to it. THREE HUNDRED BUSHELS 
( Winchester) of lime, have been, at one time, spread. 
on anacre, in England! Half of that quantity, laid on at 
once here, would ruin any acre of land within my know- 
ledge. I mean a worn acre taken up for amelioration and 
recovery. Land reduced to sterility, by bad farming 
and over-cropping, is like the stomach of an animal in a 
state of debility. It must be recovered by gentle means 
applied repeatedly, and at proper intervals. Too much 
food is as destructive to the animal, as over-liming is to 
the impoverished land; whatever may have been the - 
original stamina of the one, or qualities of the other. 
It is essential to know what quantity per acre, is 
advantageous and proper fere ; and the most bene- 
ficial modes of using it. When I began, in the early 
part of my life, to lay on lime, I was advised that 
the lime would spend itself as much if no culture. 
were carried on, as it would by the severest cropping. 
I soon found that limed\lands required as much care 
and good management, as others. The lime may sink, 
or part with its qualities ; but severe cropping and bad 
systems, injure limed, as much as other soils; and, I 
think, leave them in.a state more difficult to recover. 
I have myself experienced this, when I overlimed or 
overfarmed, from want of proper information. I there- 
fore suspect, that the lands said, in many places, to be 
lime-sick, must have been badly managed, and over- 
worked. And yet in some parts of our country wherein 
they have discontinued the use of lime, after ‘having 
long applied it (perhaps in too great quantities) there 
are good farmers. I believe land requires a change, 
