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the management of lands after claying or marling, 

 than in the mere laying it on, which, however, is 

 very expensive, and therefore a very persuasive ar- 

 gument in favour of that sort of management th: 

 will he the most likely to make it lasting. 



" Little need be said about the different quality 

 of clay or marie, as every one must be content to 

 use such as is found on his own premises, for I 

 never heard of any in the counties of Suffolk or 

 Norfolk that would answer long carriage * : clay 

 that is freest from sand and marie, that is soft and 

 greasy, are certainly the most valuable ; and even 

 blue clay, that is condemned by most farmer 

 have found to answer very well on light sands, but 

 they generally lie at too great a distance from each 

 other to be prudently got toget , 



" Where there are different sorts of manure 

 equally convenient upon the same premises, which 

 is sometimes the case, viz. pure clay, white soapy 

 clay marie, clay with much marie in it, loamy clay 

 and cork ; I should certainly prefer the former for 

 light sandy lands ; on sands of a stronger nature/ 

 that have a mixture of loam with thorn, I should 

 chuse the soapy marie, or that mixed with clay 

 marie, whichever was most convenient ; but any of 

 the inferior ones must be used, rather than submit 

 to long carriage, especially on a large scale. 



* In the county of Kent I have seen a sort of marie that the 

 Essex farmers buy, which, after being sent many miles by water, 

 I am informed they find answers carrying five or six miles by 

 hind. 



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