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Clay, after land has been chalked, answers, aswe are told, remarkably well, because it re-medies the texture *.

GRAVELLY LOAMS.

These soils are benefited by the applicationof marl, whether argillaceous or calcareous f,for reasons which I suppose are now apparent:if the gravel be calcareous, clay may be em-ployed t. A mixture of effete lime and clayshould answer in all cases.

TILL AND VITRIOLIC SOILS.

These necessarily require the calcareous in-gredient to neutralise their peccant acid: hencechalk, limestone-gravel, lime and calcareousmarl, are most advantageously applied to them.

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BOGS, OR BOGGY SOILS.

When these are well dried by sufficient drains,

* 4th Young's Annals, 413.t 4th Young’s Eastern Tour, 404, 406.t 1st Eastern Tour.

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