2 2 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY 



Section vi. 



MANURES AND THEIR APPLICA- 

 TION. 



ANURING land is in all places a necefTary 

 part of hufbandry — rich land will not yield a long 

 fucceffion of crops without help — and poor land 

 requires it in the very outfet of its culture — confe- 

 quently the eafier this article can be obtained — the 

 greater is the advantage which a country derives 

 from it. 



Marl is in general not only one of the bell fpecies 

 of manure, but one of the mofl lading; and the marl 

 of this county is a treafure to it, beyond what 

 many others counties poffefs; for though there are 

 large ftratums of marl in moll other counties, I 

 have never feen any of fo good a quality, or fo eafy 

 to be got at, as it is to be found in rnoft: parts of 

 this county, and in many places very near the fur- 

 face. Mr. Marihall, in his Rural (Economy of 

 Norfolk, a work of great merit, defcribes two forts 

 of marl, and enters into a chemical invefligation of 

 their natures. Suffice it, on the prefent occafion, 



to 



