46 JANUARY. 



able less extent of land than six acres is chalked 

 from one pit. Eighteen barrovvfuls make a load, 

 and the usual price for chalking is 7d. per load, all 

 expences included ; therefore the expence of chalk- 

 ing,, at sixty loads per acre, is ll. 12s. 6d. and at 

 30O ditto, 2l. 18s. 4(1. 



" As the chalk is considered to be better the 

 deeper it lies, and the top chalk, particularly if it lie 

 within three or four feet of the surface, very indif- 

 ferent, and only fit for lime, or to be laid on reads, 

 gateways, &c. the chnlkers must be directed to lay 

 by the chalk for the first three or four feet in depth, 

 to be applied to the above purposes, or if not wanted, 

 to be again thrown into the pit when filled up ; and 

 also to pick out the flints from the chalk before it 

 is carried on the land, for if they are not narrowly 

 watched, they will chalk with both. 



" Mr. John Hill, of Coddicot, farms upwards of 

 3200 acres in the adjoining parishes of Coddicot 

 and Kimpton, a considerable part of which is his 

 own estate. He has chalked many acres of land, 

 and approves much of the practice. He chalked a 

 field of strong clay- land in the autumn of 17Q3 ; 

 laid on sixty loads to an acre ; and the chalk where 

 the pits were sunk lay about ten feet from the sur- 

 face. I viewed the field the 7th of August 17Q4 ; 

 it had borne a crop of pease since it was chalked, 

 and was then under the plough, preparatory for a 

 crop of wheat. The chalk was good, aruHhe land 

 appeared to work well, though the chalk was not 

 then thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Mr. 



Hill 



