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lands seem to me to be susceptible of great benefit from it; and believe that in many parts of this district it can be obtained on such terms as to create a probability that 1t may be proftably applied. The theory of its modes of action involves chemical prin- ciples, which it would be beyond my limits to attempt to explain here. may briefly state, however, the facts connected with its various effects.
 It renders stiff and tenatious soils more friable, and light and sandy soils more re- tentive of moisture. It disposes all yegeta- ble matter in the soil to decompose, SO as to supply the nourishment of living plants, and it makes the nutritive matter itself more salu- brious. These last effects may be seen in familiar instances. If little quick lime be added to'a heap of leaves or rotten wood, 1t is soon reduced to black mold; and if little be sprnkled on the rank spots which get up in pasture fields, and are rejected by cattle, they will shortly be eaten down. It is not more active in rendering the vegetable matter of the soil available, than 1t is in giving yigor to the plants, and goodness of quality 10 the grain and on no grain are its effects so re- markable as on wheat knew gentleman who, from having a great command of ma nure, thought that he might dispense with lme He raised by measure as many bush els of wheat on the acre as his neighbors but it was coarser in quality, and therefore lighter; and in the British markets great dis crimination of price is made on account of quality, SO that he lost in two ways. He had at last recourse to lime, and with com plete success.
 In cold and humid climates, 1t Is not con sidercd that old turfy lands can be proftably broken up without lime; the straw will be abundant, but the grain light and unmatured ; treated with lime, these lands are the most productive In our climate, the vegetable matter has not such a tendency to become peaty and inert, and lime may not, to such a degree, be necessary for the purpose of promoting decomposition but 1t would, in every case, make our wheat of better quality. In our best lands, it would give health and vigor to the straw, and render 1t less ob- noxious to the diseases to which luXurlance IS exposed, and 1t would make lands, at pre- sent too rich for bearing grain, capable of producing healthy and productive crops rom WlldI Has Dtcll Sdltl. It WILL lollOW. lllit it would be improper to apply lime to m poverished land, unless, at the same time, accompanied with manure, without which it would aid in the robbery of the soil For other reasons, it should not be applied to wet land
 In calculating the expense of lining, the permanency of it's effects should be taken into account If proper dose be adminis- tered, there will be no need of repetition of 1t for l5 or 20 years. What the dose should be, must depend upon the quality of the land but, generally speaking, it should be increased as the land Is more adhesive, or as it is more filled with vegetable matter. There are no soils, probably, that would be benefited by less than 100 bushels to the acre, or which would require more than 300 to produce the maximum effect. As, in pro- portion to the mass of the soil, the quantity of lime used is small, the two should be mixed together as equally and intimately as possible. The lime may be allowed to lie till 1t falls down into state of flour, and then be spread out, when the soil has been well pulyerised.
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