ON THE USE OF 



LIME, MARL, AM) SHELL-SAND 



AGRICULTURE. 



AN INQUIRY UNDERTAKEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE BATH AND 

 WEST OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BY DR. AUGUSTUS YOELCKER, 



PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, AND CONSULTING 

 CHEMIST TO THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



REPRINTED, BY PERMISSION, 



FROM THE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 

 VOL. VI. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, 



AND CHARING CROSS. 

 1858. 



