SOS WATER MEADOWS. 



Improvement ^Wes the meadow from the tipland, by drawing the oul- 

 of bo^gy lands, side or main hatch, high enough to discharge such surplus 

 byirngatioa. ^^ter under it. 



The water is capable of all these rariations, but there 

 will seldom be any occasion for turning any water to 

 waste, as it may generally be all employed upon the mea- 

 dow or upon a third of it. If the other two parts should 

 be in use, it will be found most advisable to feed only one 

 part of such meadow at a time, as the other two-thirds 

 might then be floating alternately. 



When that third has been fed off, the most forward of 

 the other two may then be laid dry for feeding, and the 

 hew^-fed part floated in its stead. By this plan of feed- 

 ing one-third at a time, and keeping the other two-thirds 

 afloat at the same time, either together or Separately, ac- 

 cording to the quantity of water, the water will be always 

 constantly employed from the first commencement of 

 floating to the conclusion o f the feeding and floating after 

 it ; when the whole may be shut up together for mow- 

 ing. 



The spring floating may be continued at intervals, (if 

 the water be not foul) till the grass has gained a consider- 

 ^able height, but it must only be put on for a day or two 

 at a time to cool the ground, and keep the grass grow- 

 ing. This management, if it be well conducted, will be 

 of great service in forwarding the crop and increasing the 

 bulk ; the ground will also be the cooler and better for it 

 when the crop comes off, consequently, it will occasion the 

 after-grass to grow so much the quicker. No time 

 should be lost in putting on the water immediately after 

 the hay has been removed ; or, as soon as one-third of 

 the meadow can be cleared, the water should be imme- 

 diately put upon that part till it is pretty well soaked, and 

 then upon the other parts, in their turns, as soon as they 

 are cleared. Great care should be taken both in feeding 

 and taking off the hay, that it be done m ith a view of 

 clearing that part first, where the water can'be first ap- 

 plied to the purpose of producing another crop. The 

 water should never run to waste but in the height of sum- 

 mer, when the grass may be high enough to form a thick 

 feoier to the ground, and keep it cool and moist enough 



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