264 On the Floating of Land. July 



ported near 206 fheep, from the firft of ISIarch till the begin- 

 ning of May ; the hay was fold at thirty-two guineas, and the 

 aftermath for fix guineas. A meadow of feven acres, the 

 whole crop of hay on which had been fold for 2I. before it 

 was watered, has, ever (mcQ it has been laid out as a watered 

 meadow, been let at the annual rent of 3I. per acre. ' 



In Mr Wright's third edition, is the following account of 

 the product: of a meadow : 



* In order to make the moft of the Spring food, the pro- 

 prietor kept the grafs untouched till the 2d day of April j 

 from which time he let it to the neighbouring farmers, to be 

 eaten off in five weeks, by the under mentioned (lock, at the 

 following rates per head: A flieep, loJ. per week; a cow> 

 3s. 6d. ; a colt, 4s. The quantity of land is eight acres. 



107 wedder flieep, one week L. 4 9 2 

 8 cows, ditto - 180 



4 colts, ditto - 0160 



Total of 5 weeks L 

 3 coltSj 3 weeks, to be added 



L. 35 I ID or 4I. 7s. BttJ. 



per acre. 



After being fed as above, the hay crop was, as ufual, about 

 fifteen tons, and was fix weeks in growing. ' 



Since fuch are the immenfe advantages to be derived from 

 the floating of land, and that, wherever there is a confider- 

 able dream of water, many acres may be thus highly improv- 

 ed, I think extrads from the treatifes of Mr Wright, on the 

 art of floating land, and from Mr Davies's account of the art, 

 in his Survey of Wiltfhirc, might be introduced with great 

 propriety into your valuable Magazine. 



Ycursj &c. S. E. 



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