ito M A N U R E - P R O C E S S. 21. 



Ifj by accurate and repeated experiments, a 

 giyen lime be found to have no profitable ef- 

 h£t upon a given foil, it would be abfurd to 

 continue to lay that particular lime upon that 

 particular foil. On the contrary, if, by a fimi- 

 lar courfe of experiments, a given lime be 

 found to a6t profitably upon [3. given foil, it 

 would be equally abfurd to let any argume>iif 

 howfoever plaufible, prevent a man from reap- 

 ing the advantage which fo fortunate a circum- 

 Hance has thrown in his way. 



There may be foils in Norfolk upon which 

 the Norfolk lime would have no beneficial ef- 

 fect ; but that there are fome upon which it has 

 a beneficial effed:, I am certain ; not only from 

 my own experience, but from the practice of 

 fome of the beil farmers in the Diftxldl; and 

 this, too, upon lands which have been here- 

 tofore marled^. 



If by lime, or any other fofiil or extraneous 

 manure, a Norfolk farmer could fecure a crop 

 of wheat without dung, the advantage would 



be very great. The whole fyjftem of the Norfolk 

 management hinges on the turnep-crop ; and 

 '^his depends, in a great meafure, on the quan- 

 tity of dung. No dung, — no turneps, — no 



