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extent of land to lie manured. At one end of this 

 tet the first load of lime fresh from tlie kiln be placed 

 about four inches thick. Let the lime 1)e then not 

 only slacked but moistened with a solution of rock- 

 salt, or any common salt, in water, at the rate of Gibs. 

 of salt to each barrel of lime, pouring- the solution, 

 or pickle, gradually and evenly on the lime, as the 

 latter is found to imbibe it. Then spread the lime 

 thus moistened two or three inches thick on the ])lat- 

 form, and cover it with four or five inches of mould, 

 Let the second load of lime ))e placed on the platform 

 near the first, and treated in the same manner. Wlien 

 the entire platform is thus covered, begin again with 

 a second layer of lime; slake, moisten, spread and co- 

 ver it, as the first, until it )»e also finished, and pro- 

 ceed in the same manner with a third and fourth layer. 

 If the mo\ild be not collected in one jdace, but depo- 

 sited in a long- row, as when the earth of a headland 

 is used, one or two layers of lime and eai'th will be 

 more convenient, and will be equally advantageous. 

 \Vlien the whole is covered with earth, let the heap 

 be cut down and well mixed, in which state it may 

 be suffered to lie until a short time bi^fore it is used, 

 when it should l)e again turned. The proportion of 

 water in which the salt is dissolved depends on the 

 state of the earth or mould. If the latter be wet, 

 twenty gallons of water impreg-nated with BUis. of 

 sak, is sufficient for each barrel of lime; if it be dry, 

 half a hogshead of water to that quantity of salt and 

 lime will be necessary. Forty l>arrels of lime treated 

 in this manner is a full dressing- for an acre of pota- 

 toes ; half the quantity is enough as a top dressing 

 for an acre of grass land. 



6. Never mix dung, earth and lime together in a 

 compost, because the lime will destroy some of the 

 most valualde jrart of the dung. It will depend, too, 

 on the nature of the earth Avhether any lime should 

 be mixed with it, to form compost. If there be 

 much dead matter in the earth, (as is the case in old 



