3 1 8 On tie Benefit of Water Meadoivs, July 



The fifrli chapter, upon implement! r>f htishandiry, will be an 

 rcceptable treat to every perfon who hiS made thefe matters 

 his ftudy. The cpinion pvtw upon wiieel-carriages, is pre- 

 ciftly what has occurred to us on the fubjefil ; and the ufe 

 of xvafTgons is, with great jufHce, feverely cenfurod, as bein^ 

 deftru£^ive to roads, and of liftle utility to farmers. The ac- 

 count of the fwinp»[^lcurh d>.fjrves attention, being, in rur 

 opinion, the belt demoiiftration of the principles upon which 

 fuch sn ufe'ful and neceflary implement fliould be conftruO* 

 ed. It is, undoubtedly, a matter of furprife, t};at no fixed 

 rules have been hitherto adhered to in the conllru£tion of the 

 plough, whith is evident from the difference of work of the 

 fevpral ploughs made by the fame carpenter. 



We obferve, with iatisfa£tion, that the ingenious authors 

 have amended their account of the thrafiiing-machine, and tiiat 

 they hnve now done that juftice to Mr Meiklc, the patentee, 

 which his merit deferve?. A very full and accurate defcrip- 

 tion of the machine is given ; from which, a;id from an en- 

 graving annexed, any perfon acquainted with the principles of 

 machinery, might, with facility, conllruifl: and evedl fach an 

 im.plement. Indeed, it is the bed defcription of the tiirafl - 

 ing-nsachine that has come under our confideration. N. 



(^To he continued.^ 



PART III. 



EXTRACTS FROM AGRICULtURAL PUBLICATIONS. 



Extracts from tloe Agricultural Stirvey of the County ofWlLTSf 

 respecting the Benefit of Water Meadows, 



There is, perhaps, no part of this kingdom, where the 

 fyftem of watering meadows is fo well underflood, and car- 

 ried to fo great perfe£lion, as in this diftriO. This, which is 

 fo judly called by Mr Kent, *' the greateil and moft valuable 

 of all improvements," was c-f«frfi//y introduced into this dif- 

 tri£l at the latter end of the lait, and the beginning of this cen- 

 tury. Many of the moft valuable and beft formed meadows, 

 particularly in the Wy ley Bourn, were made under the direc- 

 tion of one farmer Bavcritock of Stockton, between the year 

 1700, and the year 1705. And, at prefent, there is fcarcely^ 

 a river or brook in the ui{lri6t that is not applied in fome way 

 cr other to this purpole. 



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