1781. 



NORFOLK. 



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DIBBLING 

 \VIIfAT. 



MANURE. 



The plow and roller keep time with the dib- 28, 

 bles ; for if much rain fall upon the flags they 

 daub, "and are difficult to dibble ; if the wea- 

 ther prove dry, the fand runs in and fills up the 

 holes as fail as they are made. 



29. 



OCTOBER 28. In May laft I made an ex- 

 periment with lime for turneps, by fpreading a 

 chaldron of lime (at the rate of three chaldrons 

 an acre) acrofs each of two pieces of turnep TURNEPS. 

 fallow, and marked the ftripes with flumps. 



No apparent benefit arofe from the lime un- 

 til the late heavy rains fell ; fince which the 

 plants have flourimed, and the good effedt of 

 the lime is become evident. 



In March laft I alfo made a (imilar experi- 

 ment with lime for barley ; but the crop did BARLEY. 

 not, in any ftage, receive apparent benefit from 

 it. The fummer, until after the barley had 

 iinilhed its growth, was dry. 



In the experiment with lime for wheat (fee WHEAT. 

 MIN. 1 8.) the crop received no apparent benefit 

 from the lime until the foil had been moiftened 

 with fummer rains. 



From thefe and other observations I am of LIME - 

 opinion, that lime does not aft as a manure un- 

 E 4 til 



