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the result, bat in 10 years' time tie soil 'is j exhausted^ and no Amount of lime will restore its lost fertility, as piants cannot lite" tipdn | lime aloiie. Therefore lime should be tte&J ; sparingly rather than too liberally, bttt the e&act quantity suitable for toy particuljar floil dan only be! deterrhiried after adequate' trial. As a general nite) hoWeter,' it may be Accepted as a safe one that from 2Kfcwt to 30cwt to the acre of fresh lime is sufficient, for any single dressing, and that the dressing flbon'ld be repeated ks Soon as the good effects of the flf'st dfe discovered in be tn the wane: .And, again, it mttsfc be b'otne'^n mind that cb'nstant liming will in time fob the soil of its' native fertility unless ottier ne'eessarv ingrfcdieflis of pldnt food are added at the same time;