(96) 

 ^an Acre ; and Mr. *P/^, from One (hilling to Five 

 pounds. 



Another remedy for dry and light ground, fuch 

 as abound in Sand and Gravel, is Marl, an Earth 

 molt commonly flippery, or greaiie to the touch, 

 fometimes blew, fometimes grey, othervvhiles yel- 

 low, now and then red, always fry able, fo that it 

 will (lack afcer a fhower, and not grov afterwards 

 hard or crufty, as Clay doth, but eafily refolves to 

 a duft or powder : It faddens Land naturally, ?nd fo 

 will turn Rye Land as to make it he for Wheat, Bar- 

 ly and Peafe, and therefore mutt nor, be ufed twice or 

 thrice together, without fome other more rarifying 

 compott to intervene, fuch as ordinary Dung is ; if 

 you lay it down from Tillage, 'tis requiike that all 

 Marled Land be firrt well dunged. 



Chalk alio 1 have feen ufed with very good fuccefs 

 in Hampfk-ire, upon the Downs there, which are of 

 fo dry a nature, that it is grown Proverbial there, 

 that their Ground requires a fhower every day in the 

 Week, and on the Sunday two ; and Mr. Blith af- 

 firms, that in Henfordjhire^ by Chalk, the Improve- 

 ment is made on Barren, Gravelly, and Flinty 

 Lands. 



Mr. Blith reports thus of Lime,that it is a fuitabler 

 Soyl for light fandy I arth, then for a warm Gravel ; 

 Vis improper for a wet and cold Gravel, but for a 

 cold hungry Clay worrt of all; for, fays he, Lime 

 being once (lacked ana melted, is of a cold nature, 

 and will fadden exceedingly, contrary to its nature, 

 in the Stone, for it turns light Land into fuch a ca- 

 pacity, that it will bear exceeding good Lammas 

 When, or mixed Corn : About twelve or fourteen 

 Quarter of Lime ferves an Acre, it may as well be 



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