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rough, coarfe, meadows ; nothing fines 

 the furface more, or produces a thicker 

 fet of Dutch clover. 



Chalk, if it be of an un(fluous, foft, 

 quality, eafy t© dillblve, is a moft valua- 

 ble manure upon mofl land; but upon 

 four land, or any clay, it has a furprizing 

 good effed: ; it loofens, and meliorates it, 

 renders it highly fruitful, and fweetens 

 the produce, when it is in grafs, exceed- 

 ingly ', and, if ufed in compoft, may 

 be repeated for ages. 



Marl differs greatly in quality; that 

 which is moil weighty, and foapy, when 

 moiften'd, is the beft. If it be right 

 good, and laid on in liberal quantities, it 

 throws the land into a fermentation, and 

 frequently changes its very nature ; ren- 

 dering it highly fruitful ; though it fcl- 

 dom has any great cfFed:, before the third 

 year. But it makes ample amends, when 

 9 it 



