A TREATISE ON THE CONNECTION OF 



SOILS, 



CALCAREOUS OR CHALKY. 



A PURE unmixed chalky soil, like a pure or lean 

 .clayey one, is unfertile. The fertility of this soil, like all 

 others, depends on its containing a due admixture of 

 other earths, with the requisite quantity of vegetable or 

 animal matter. A chalky loam, or mixture of chalk 

 with clay, is frequently a very fertile soil, and well adapt- 

 ed to the culture of beans and wheat. 



Chalky soils produce a short sweet herbage, and, for 



the most part, are more proper for sheep pasture than 



for tillage. There are no soils that receive more benefit 



from artificial watering, as they are apt at certain seasons 



to be parched by drought. Chalky soils that produce 



short sweet herbage, should not in general be broken up, 



or converted into arable lands, a practice which will be 



attended with injury to the soil, and loss to the farmer, 



unless they are cropped with moderation, well manured, 



and afterwards properly laid down with pasture grasses. 



Clay 



