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piling it on the ground and covering it with or- 

 dinary earth, swamp earth or weeds &c. This is cal- 

 led making composts. 



Q. Wliat would happen if the lime was sprinkled 

 with too much water? 



A. If the lime was sprinkled with too much 

 water, it would run the risk of being drowned, 

 that is to say, it would not slacken ; or, if this 

 water were added after the lime is slackened, the 

 lime would settle into lumps and become a kind of 

 mortar. 



Q. How is this lime applied ? 



A. It can be applied in two different manners: 

 oyer the seed, or on the land before ploughing. 



Q. How would you apply the lime over the seed ? 



A. The best mode of applying lime over the seed 

 is to spread it with a shovel, when newly slacked, 

 on the seed itself immediately after it has been 

 sown, and then to harrow. 



Q. Is lime always easily spread ? 



A. No, because in order that this strewing be 

 regularly and uniformally done, 'the weather must 

 be still, or the wind if any, very light. When the 

 wind is strong it carries away the lime. 



Q. In what other manner, can lime still be used. 



A. Lime can also be successfully used in the fol- 

 lowing manner ; for instance in the ploughing up of 



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