4QO JUNE. 



LIME. 



The lime-kilns ought to be in full work in this 

 month, and there is no better time for carting and 

 spreading it. At this period, the proper land to 

 spread it on is the turnip fallows, which now being 

 in full tilth, if the surface be well harrowed after 

 receiving the manure, the union of it with the soil 

 will be intimate ; it should be left some time before 

 ploughing for slacking and re-imbibing the car- 

 bonic acid driven from it by the act of burning. 

 Modern chemists are much inclined to attribute 

 great effects to this acid in the business of vegeta- 

 tion ; the point is by no means fully elucidated, 

 and does not very well accord with the very small 

 benefit derived from lime when laid on certain poor 

 soils ; but as there are many others on which the 

 good effects of lime are unquestionable, and our 

 farmer may be supposed to have satisfied himself 

 by previous experiments, he will bestow the ex- 

 pence only where he is sure of a reimbursement. 

 Where Tallowing for wheat is the system pursued, 

 lime is also spread on these fallows throughout all 

 the summer months. A bushel to a rod is a very 

 good dressing; and even hnlf the quantity, well 

 applied, has a considerable effect. On waste lands, 

 such as fresh drained bogs and mountainous moors, 

 the greater the quantity, even to 500 or (3OO 

 bushels per acre, the greater is the effect, and pro- 

 bably the profit also. 



SPRINO 



