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]M A N U R E S. 



Sect. X..6. 7. 



and become fo hard^ that the tender plunriiila of growing feeds, or 



V. 



the fine extremities of th 



fily p 



o 



Th 



IS 



may occur more certainly in that kind of Hme, which 



d is therefore capable of fetting under water, as, I fuppofe 



■t 



the barrow lime of LeiceRerfh 

 Derbyfhir 



d agnes lime near Aflib 



7 



The great 



fit 



d general advantage of lime in all foils and 



pt fome of thofe w 



dy replete with 



20US earth, or arc too raoift, can only be underftood from the idea 

 ady mentioned of its fupplying a6lual nutrition to vegetables ; and 



this feems more probabi 



as It 



butes fo much to th 



m 



from 

 be. a 



of the crops, as well as to their increafe in quantity.. Wh 

 land well, limed is believed by farmers, millers, and bakers. 



they fuppofe, th 



Ikinned ; that is, it turns out more and 



■i 



h' 



better flour ;. which I fuppofe is owinoj to its containing more ftarch 



and lefs mucilag 



Hence we perceive another very Important ufe of lime in cultiva- 

 tion of land may be owing to its forwarding the converfion of mu- 

 cilage into ftarch, that is to its forwarding the ripenino- of the feed,; 

 which is a matter of great confequence in this climate of Hiort and 



cold fummers 



Sea.VL 3. and XVI 



J* 



In refpea to grafs-ground I am informed, that if a fpadefulof lime 

 be thrown on a tuffock, which horfes or cattle have refufed to eat for 

 years, they will for many fucceeding feafons eat it q^uite clofe to the 



fi 



nd : which is 



J 



I fufped, to th 



e 



£3 



the lefs acidity of all its j 



fs containing more 



8. There are not only fome other bodies,, which poffefs a calca- 



reous bafe, befides the common limeftone 



H 



J 



aflies, and perhaps vegetable afhes ; but th 



ypfum, fl 

 re others 



bone 



hich 



are 



occafionally united with carbonic acid,, and may be detached from 

 by calcination, as the aerated barytes and magnefia. The laft in 



calcined flate may poffibly be as ufeful 



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the lime of 



calcareous 



