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ical considerations, too long to be entered upon, show the great probability 

 that the latter soils must have already contained sulphate of lime, and 

 therefore could not be benefited by adding more. As to the quantity of 

 sulphate of lime necessary to ensure a good crop of old clover, it need not 

 exceed the weight of the ashes of the plant, and the practical gentleman 

 who had limited it to eighty pounds per acre, seemed to have reached in 

 practice a result corresponding to theory. Beyond such a quantity, plaster 

 does no good ; if in large excess, it docs positive injury. 



Subjects for next meeting, Spring Fruits, Renovation of Orchards, &c. 



Adjourned. H. MEIGS, Secretary, 



