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of a houfe, are the moft proper in wet fandy 

 foils. 



SECTION LII, 



Opinion en Lime : what Land it is proper to he 

 kid on : the good and evil Confequences attend- 

 ing its Ufe. 



BY laying plenty of lime on a moor foil, it 

 has been found by experience to form an arti- 

 ficial clay. This has been proved on a large 

 trad in the Yorkfhire levels, to the great pro- 

 fit of thofe v.ho have made the experiment ; 

 for there are fcarce any lands in the kingdom 

 which yield m.ore abundant crops at fuch fmall 

 cxpence. When once this kind of earth gets 

 by means of lime into a folid (late, the ma- 

 jjure afterwards made upon the land by pro- 

 per application nourifhes and improves it; and 

 like a fum of money once accumulated, pro- 

 duces a profitable intereft. 



It is an eafy matter to prove the advantage 

 of laying clay in preference to lime on light 

 fand. By drefllng half a rood of fuch land 



with 



