l66 A TREATISE ON THE CONNECTION OF 



SOILS, 

 CALCAREOUS OR CHALKY. 



A PURE unmixed chalky soil, like a pure or lean 

 clayey one, is unfertile. The fertility of this soil, like all 

 others, depends on its containing a due admixture of 

 other earths, with the requisite quantity of vegetable or 

 animal matter. A chalky loam, or mixture of chalk 

 with clayj is frequently a very fertile soil, and well adapt- 

 ed to the culture of beans and wheat. 



Chalky soils produce a short sweet herbage, and, for 

 the most part, are more proper for sheep pasture than 

 for tillage. There are no soils that receive more benefit 

 from artificial watering, as they are apt at certain seasons 

 to be parched by drought. Chalky soils that produce 

 short sweet herbage, should not in general be broken up, 

 or converted into arable lands, a practice which will be 

 attended with injury to the soil, and loss to the farmer, 

 unless they are cropped with moderation, well manured, 

 and afterwards properly laid down with pasture grasses. 



Clay 



