33 THE KITCHEN GARDENER. [B. ji 



for the purpofe here in view, without be^ 

 ing much improved. For this purpofe, 

 lime will be found the mod ferviceable of 

 all things, if judicioufly applied, and the 

 foil be frequently turned over by digging 

 or trenching ; fo as that the foil and the 

 lime may be intimately mixed together, and 

 that the atmofphere may have full effed: 

 upon them : for without this, the lime will 

 not operate fo effedually, nor will the tilly 

 particles of the foil be divided or meliora- 

 ted fo well. 



It may feem unnecefiary to obferve, that 

 according to the quantity of irony matter 

 contained in the foil, lime will be required 

 to reduce it. In order to afcertain this 

 quantity, a magnet will be found ufeful } 

 and, by one of the mafles being calcined, 

 and then reduced to a powder, will fepa- 

 rate the irony particles from the foil or re- 

 fiduum ; fhowing the proportion of iron, 

 and of earth. Thus we may judge, what 

 quantity of lime will be required to ferti- 

 lize the foil , taking for the extremes in 

 ordinary cafes, and fuppofing the lime of a 

 middling Duality, 150 and 400 Winchefter 

 bufliels an acre ; applying the lime in a 



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