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the virtue of the lime, which, "when fo much 

 wet, has not the fame virtue as when dry. 

 The frofl in that feafon muft hurt the lime 

 very much ; belides, a great part, by having 

 me ridges fo very high, is warned away by 

 the great rains. Whereas, were the lime put 

 on in the month of July quite hot, after the 

 firft cutting of hay, the firft mower would 

 make it fink into the roots of the grafs ; fo 

 that one acre would be worth three in paf- 

 ture, and would continue good pafture for 

 many years. The hotter the lime is put up- 

 on the fallow^ fo much the better : For two 

 bolls laid on hot will have as much efFedl as 

 three or four bolls when wet and out of fea^ 

 fon. 



I faw no fummer-fallow in Ayrfhire but 

 one field, and even that was negledled to be 

 water-furrowed. It was ruined by water 

 Handing uppn it. In a country fuch as Ayr- 

 Ihire, where fo much rain falls, the fallow, 

 after every day's plowing, ought to be water- 

 furrowed in the evening. 



Sixth obfervation. I was much furprized 

 to fee fuch fmall corn-yards in fuch a fine 

 country, and where there is fo much grafs 



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