.2' 6 On Draining, Aug 



rye-grafs, tliat it may gain a fwarth the foonei'; and, if not fub- 

 ]ctt to be overflowed, may be very valuable as a grafs bank for 

 cutting in fummer. According to the above plan, we appre- 

 hend, a bog or morafs of icoo acres may be etTe6tually drained, 

 by cutting one principal drain through the middle of it, or that 

 part which appears lo^vefl: ; planning out the ground on each fide 

 of it into corn fields, as fmall as may b<f convenient ; and form- 

 ing the drains between them, that fall into the main drain, in the 

 manner above dire6led. 



Thirdly^ If a plot of land is large enough to admit of being 

 divided into two fields, a fence will be necelTary between th'^m. 

 In this cafe, the fence may be formed in making the drains on 

 each fide; breaking ground at 2 feet diilance, and Hoping it 

 down to 3 or 3^ feet wiith at bottoai ; laying i feet of earth 

 upon the top, which will make the fence between 4 and 5 feet 

 high ; and, though foft at firft, will turn more folid when 

 dry. Planting a thick row of faughs near the bottom, on each 

 fide, will both ftrengthen and add to the hwcQ. They can 

 eafily be procured, and will generally thrive in fuch fituations. 

 Should a cart-road between two fields be necefTary, the fame 

 method is to be obfervcd', leaving the proper fpace. it is need- 

 lefs to make any more obfervarions, as what has been fuggeded 

 is fuiiicient to direO: in any modification with regard to fitua- 

 tion or figure. There are large tra6ls of wet mofTy foil in the 

 higheft part of the interior, occupied only as fli;^,ep farms, the 

 climate abfoluttly prohihiring all idea of raifing crops, which I 

 think might be greatly ameliorated, even for the purpofe for 

 which they are occupied : At leaft the folio vt-ing experiment 

 niight be made. Drain a field according to the foregoing me- 

 thod, if it is level; if it has confiderable inclination, with 

 rumbling fivers. Then, in the heat of fummer, when the land 

 js dry, f^pread it over thick with what vegetable fubftances can 

 he procured in greateft quantity, bent or bulru(hes ; let them be 

 ploughed deep into the ground, and harrowed : There is a great 

 probability that a fermentation will fucceed, which, together 

 with the drying of the ground by draining it, may fo far alter 

 the nature of the foil, as to make it produce excellent grafs ei- 

 ther for hay or padure. 



There are almofi in every farm fmall pieces of land, in 

 tlie ends and corners of fields, which, from the lownefs of 

 their fituation, are very wet, and from which the water can- 

 not be conveyed away, on account of intervening rifing grounds, 

 or other obllacles. Thcfe places, though the beil of the 

 foil, are always loft, being generally overlooked. }3ut if they 

 were all added togetlier, they would probably make a larger 



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