AN ESSAY 



ON 



CALCAREOUS MANURES; 



BY 



EDMUND RUFFIN, 



PKACTICAL FARMER OF VIRGINIA FROM 1812 ; FOUNDER AND SOLE EDITOR 

 OF THE FARMERS' REGISTER; MEMBER AND SECRETARY OF THE FORMER 

 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE; FORMERLY AGRICULTURAL SUR- 

 VEYOR OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA J AND PRESIDENT 

 OF THE VIRGINIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FIFTH EDITION: 



AMENDED AND ENLARGED. 



J. W. RANDOLPH, 



121, MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VA. 



1852. 



