FEBRUARY. 1O5 



suited to grass-grounds, and to such arable lands as 

 are to be hoed,' as turnips, cabbages, carrots, pota- 

 toes, beans, &c. as these weeds will in great mea- 

 sure be destroyed by good hoeing." 



So many farmers are fond of composts, that I 

 have ventured this one quotation in their favour, 

 which contains as much as can be said for them. 

 In my own opinion, nearly the whole business of 

 composts is founded in error, and that thus to apply 

 any sort of dung or sea-weed, is sure to be done to 

 a loss ; and vegetable substances should be thrown 

 into a hog-yard for making dung. 



LIME. 



The lime-kiln may be kept burning through all 

 this month, and lime carted and spread whenever 

 the carts can move without damage to wet soils. 

 This may be done on dry land at all times. 



MARLING, 



May go on profitably through all this month. 

 In January, I gave an account of the methods of 

 cue who had marled more than most men ; and 

 here I shall note some opinions of another excel- 

 lent farmer, who occupied 1200 acres, and marled 

 much of it. 



" From different trials of my own, at a very 

 great expence, and the observations I have made 

 on my neighbours' and the Norfolk farmers' man- 

 ner of improving light sandy lands, by clay and 

 marl, I am clearly convinced, that about seventy 



square 



