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colnsliire, chalk has been applied proniiscuously to nearly 
every variety of soil, and with the most beneficial elFects, not 
only on the turnip crops, but also on those of clover and 
barley. In North Hampshire, chalk has been used with 
great success upon the soils covering the chalk, the one 
a binding clay mixed icith gravel, and the other a gravel mixed 
with a less quantity of clay. There is, however, a third 
variety of soil in that county not benefited by chalking, and 
which is a loose soil 4 to 7 inches deep, reposing on the chalk 
rubble. The effects of laying on chalk upon the gravelly 
soil has been most remarkable in North Hampshire, but in 
every instance most advantageous. " Previous to the appli- 
cation of chalk, this soil, although manured, folded abun- 
" dantly, and trod well with sheep to condense the soil, was 
" extremely precarious in its produce, and the expense and 
" care bestowed upon it were rarely compensated by a cor- 
responding return. The wheat grew freely at first, and 
" continued to bear a very favourable appearance until the 
" spring, when the ground assumed a spongy hollow texture, 
the plant acquired a dark brownish hue, died in consider- 
" able quantities, and the remainder produced at harvest 
" from twelve to sixteen bushels per acre of light corn, with 
" the straw invariably stunted and blighted. After chalking, 
" these unfavourable tendencies of the soil were corrected. 
" The same land now produces from tvrenty-four to thirty 
" bushels of corn of excellent quality, and in no instance has 
" any recurrence of its former unhealthy condition been 
" observed. The mischief was not confined to the wheat 
" crop ; the barley, oats, tares, and clover, suffered in the 
" same proportion, and have equally derived benefit from 
" chalking."* In Norfolk and Suffolk, clay or marl is used 
with good effect upon the crops, and is equal to that of chalk. 
With regard to the reason of the failure of the red clover 
* Report on North Hampshire. Farmers' Series, No. 7. 
