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and fertilizing; the fed: ©rcfecond year -at feftheft: In pléteë'of'that
which will hat >tu®n to aeGonnt till after fome years diftanee,- we
had better fubftitute the pfefent, -eafrly acquired manures of fend, pre-
weed, iftraw, and -anirnai frees y unléft in’fcdh plaecs where the -lord
o f the land ohufes to form a new foil; -there a great depth -of marie is
pid the inheritance will juftify the meafure. Maifc both
ftony and dayey, may «ally fee <Bfb$gui&ed^om either ïfÉpt§;'^y-<3ff-
fciying readily in water, and fey the fait k contains -crackling in the
fire. Marie has been difeovered and tried with sluceefe cat the labels
<pf Sir Richard Vyvygn, Bart, near Trelowanen; There is a yellow
landy marie, found in the feme field with a newly difeovered quarry
of ihone, in the lands of Mr.jcaWefi;* about half a mile from the
borough of Michel, which being laid on the grais there; much
improved the vegetation; but die marie which arafwêrs beft d&fer
as T have yet heard, is tfiat difeovered by'a fermer Allen
parifh, n^ir Truro; it is a ftony. grit, eafily bruifed between fthe
fingers, ferments not with adds, föcn j^mea#di by - watd, but
gives it no tafte, is o f abrownKxhlre cöloirr, arid fo fidf b f yellow
micaceous tale, that the. farmer having thereby found mifcfe’fucceft
in his crops, called it his gold-duft. Söme marie of the feme kind
nearly, I have leen, found in the parifh of Gonftantine ; and fome
I have from the parifh o f Phiecxsk, where it is laid by nature in
great quantities, but neglected fey thé inhabitants. Some other forts
of marie, o f a ftiffer clay, andvwhjtef-- colour, Idfeve’^iêfelwêd from
the Rev. Mr. Buckland, Vicar o f StvAlldn, which -he has ufod to
good effeét, in improving coarfe grounds. O f lime arid marie
therefore, we make not much rife, but if other manures were to
fail, it is not unlikely but mo^ marie and lime-ftone might food
be difeovered.
Sea manures. In Cornwall, our chief manures atfefrom thé-foïy arid the foa is vetf
Oreweed. bountiful in this refpeét; not only fea-fend is üfëdby ;:evt|^ ©he Who
has it in his reach, but after ftqrms we find thé Alga marinaj Fucus,
Conferva, or oreweed feattered in great plenty on thé fhóre, and tho’
the Italians negleéted it 1, yet it defbrves a place among the beft manures
which nature affords us. Some diligence and caution however,
muft be ufed, for being a fubmarine plant, the wind and fun will foon
exhale all it’s moifture. The fooner therefore it is taken from the
Chore, the better, and being fpread on old or ftiff earth, then covered
with fend, it foon diffofves into a felt oily dime, which contributes
much to fatten and meliorate the other manures; arid this
is the moft approved way- of applying it. Some lay it naked, and
* —— Alga.littqs.mu£]j - —1 —• ErojcfltaviliorAlgj.
Demifla tempus ab Euro ■ 1 ' Virg. Eclog. 7.
Sternet. Hor. Od. lib. 31 ■ f See chap, preceding.
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