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But, perhaps, thcfc evils may not happen, or may be pre- 

 vented by proper expedients, viz. burning the lime in an 

 open kiln, and not in a reverbcratory one, hence the draught 

 or current of air would be very weak, and we know vitrifica- 

 tion is the effect only of the higher degrees of heat: the fire 

 may be made jointly of coal and peat. 



If peat can be ufed in burning lime, an incorporation of 

 pcat-afhes with the lime, might improve the manure. 



To convince my parifhioners, that lime is a very valuable 

 manure, I made the fair comparative experiment hereafter 

 mentioned : — Between two lands, manured with yard dung, 

 I manured an intermediate one, with lime, for turnips — the 

 ploughings and culture, as well as the quality, of the three 

 lands were fimilar. The turnips have all had the nrft hoeing, 

 but fuch is the fuperioritv of the crop, on the limed land, 

 that every perfon, who hath viewed them, is convinced, that 

 lime, though it deflrovcd wheat, would not kill turnips. — I 

 irnoute the fuperioritv of the turnip crop, to the novelty, if I 

 may fo call it, of the manure. 



May not fomewhat be faid in the intended publication, to 

 remind the men of Norfolk, that abundance of lime-ftone is 

 another of the natural advantages which this county poffeffes. 



Ploughing is certainly done, as Mr. Kent obferves, with 

 greater eafe, in this county, than any other, and much 

 cheaper. 



I conceive an improvement may be made in the culture of 

 the light lands of the hundreds of Shropham, Guiltcrofs, Wey-* 

 land, South Greenhoe, and Grimfhoe, by introducing the ufe 

 of the new Scuffler, recommended by the Agricultural Society 

 of Leicefterfiiire. — This inftrument is defigned for flirring 

 arable light lands, which have been previoufly broken up by 

 the plough. 



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