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lye plain and dry, his neighbours followed his ex- 

 ample, and without the afliftance of any afhes, 

 dung, foil, or compoft of any kind whatever, part 

 of thefe lands have been fold at about 40I. per acre ; 

 and many hundreds per annum, the remainder, are 

 at prefent worth 40s. per acre per annum, and now 

 owned and occupied by Edward Brown and Arthur 

 Phippen, efqrs. and feveral others. 



I have hitherto treated of the improvement of 

 meadow land, as it ought to be pra6lifed by the 

 owners; the expence of which, together with the 

 temporary lofs of the herbage, being too much to 

 be fufFered by the tenant. I fhall now proceed to 

 treat of the improvement of meadow land in the 

 way it might be performed by tenants at will, or 

 occupiers of land, independent of any expedlation of 

 ownerfhip, or certainty of continuing the pofTefTion, 

 fuppofing the landlord cannot be prevailed on to 

 contribute towards the expence. In fpeaking to 

 this part of my fubjc6t, I fhall beg leave to (late the 

 methods I have practifed myfelf in improving fuch 

 meadow lands as I have formerly rented. 



Let, for example, the piece be two meads of 

 five acres each, without any divifion, having high 

 banks all round and lowed in the middle. I take 

 pofTefTion at Lady-Day ^ and immediately divide the 



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