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a certain part of the winter, when it is again laid 
up for the cows. 
WATER MEADOWS: 
Tuere is, perhaps, no part of this kingdom, 
where the fyftem of watering meadows is fo well 
underflood, and carried to fo great perfection, as 
in this diftri@. This, which is fo juftly called by 
Mr. Kent “ the greateft and moft valuable of all 
“‘ improvements,” was geverally introduced into this 
diftrict in the latter end of the laft, and the begin- 
ning of this century. Many of the moft valuable 
and beft-formed meadows, particularly in the 
Wiyley Bourn, were made under the directions of 
one farmer Baverflock, of Stockton, between the 
year 1700, and the year 1705. And at prefent 
there is fcarcely a river or brook in the diftrict, 
that is not applied in fome way or other to this 
purpofe. 
An imperfect {cheme of watering had undoubt- 
edly been practifed before that period. Perhaps, 
indeed, its introduction into this diftrict is almoft - 
coeval with that of folding fheep, with which it is 
intimately connected. But the regular mode, in 
which both fyftems are now conducted, 1s certainly 
not very ancient. Many old farmers, who have 
died 
