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gutters will be One rood; but if ten chains long, 

 then half an acre, and fo in proportion. Formerly 

 thefe gutters were dug twenty inches wide, and 

 but one foot deep j this was a bad method, for to 

 fay nothing of the great lofs of land, the cattle 

 were continually treading down the edge of the 

 gutter and filling it; whereas, if the gutter be 

 twenty inches deep and but ten inches wide^, the 

 land will fwell and prefs itfelf almoft together on 

 the top, fo that the cattle may eafily pafs over the 

 gutter, which will continue its breadth at the bot- 

 tom, and thereby (land many years, and anfwer the 

 purpofes for which it was intended. 



By the time the whole of the old banks are car- 

 ried over the land, the digging of the ditches in a 

 ten-acre field will always produce a fufHcient bank 

 for dreffing, and if it fhould not, the digging up 

 the old gutters will fupply the deficiency. This ex- 

 ample will apply to all kmd of wet meadow lands, 

 with high banks ; but where there are no banks 

 about the fields, I have recourfe to the making of 

 compoft manure upon the corners of the commons 

 and lanes nearefl the land I intend to improve. 



In a journey to London, anno 1758, I obferved 

 upon afign in the road thefe words: " Peat-afhes 

 fold here." The meaning of this I could not com- 

 prehend. 



