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mers, turned up into ridges, to rot the roots^ 

 Sec. of the gtafs and weeds, and to receive the 

 melioration of the air ; which done, it is carted^ 

 in due feafon^ to the par-yard or dung-heap. 



Another fpecimen of manure much coveted 

 here is " mergin"— that is, the rubbilh of old- 

 buildings.;--Sea-ltone walls afford a great quan- 

 tity of this valuable article J which, from its 

 immediate effefljand its dutatiori, taken jointly^ 

 is confidered j by fome, as being fuperidr to marl, 

 mould, or even dung itfelf ; efpecially Upon 

 fcalds, and hot burning foils. It is fometimes 

 mixed with dung ; but more commonly fet on 

 alone. 



III. Lime is in good repute, though not in 

 general ufe, as a manure ; hufoandmen in Nor- 

 folk being, like hufbandmen in orher places, 

 t)f different opinions refpecting the value of 

 lime. This difference in opinion will ever re- 

 main while general conclufions are drawn from, 

 particular incidents. The effecT: of lime upon 

 different foils is as various as the foils them= 

 ielvcs ; and nothing but experiment can de- 

 lermine whether it will, or will nor, be benefi- 

 cial to a given foil, 



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