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... lime , and with a stone and lime coping , substantial , and many of them new . Building walls of this kind is included in the objects for which Government loans , under the Land Improvement Act , are made to the owners of land . The ...
... lime , and with a stone and lime coping , substantial , and many of them new . Building walls of this kind is included in the objects for which Government loans , under the Land Improvement Act , are made to the owners of land . The ...
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Sir James Caird. 16 TURLOUGHS . ( with five feet stone - and - lime walls , ) with abundance of lime and limestone gravel beneath the surface , and plenty of turf to burn it , with a convenient homestead in a good neighbourhood , and the ...
Sir James Caird. 16 TURLOUGHS . ( with five feet stone - and - lime walls , ) with abundance of lime and limestone gravel beneath the surface , and plenty of turf to burn it , with a convenient homestead in a good neighbourhood , and the ...
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... Lime can be burned on every farm at from 5d . to 6d . a barrel , of 3 jmperial bushels . The rapidity with which the land on this limestone subsoil recovers itself , and , without any seeds being sown , reverts to good pasture , is very ...
... Lime can be burned on every farm at from 5d . to 6d . a barrel , of 3 jmperial bushels . The rapidity with which the land on this limestone subsoil recovers itself , and , without any seeds being sown , reverts to good pasture , is very ...
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... lime walls . The soil consists partly of a fertile black mould , of great depth , on a limestone gravel , with some stronger land and some lighter , but all admirably adapted for green 20 CONG -- SUBTERRANEAN RIVER . crops and grass ;
... lime walls . The soil consists partly of a fertile black mould , of great depth , on a limestone gravel , with some stronger land and some lighter , but all admirably adapted for green 20 CONG -- SUBTERRANEAN RIVER . crops and grass ;
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... lime is to be got on the land at from 5d . to 6d . a barrel , and has been applied with excellent effect . These farms are within a mile or two of Ballinrobe a market - town , at which a canal from Lough Mask is now being constructed ...
... lime is to be got on the land at from 5d . to 6d . a barrel , and has been applied with excellent effect . These farms are within a mile or two of Ballinrobe a market - town , at which a canal from Lough Mask is now being constructed ...
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