{ 1g6 9] 
It is obvious from this defcription, that as the 
water in this kind of meadow is not ufed again 
and again, in one pitch, as in the catch meadows, that 
this method is only applicable to large {treams, or 
to valleys fubject to floods; and as thefe ridges 
muft be formed by manual labour, the expence of 
this kind of meadow muft neceflarily exceed the 
more fimple method firft defcribed: and the 
hatches that are neceflary to manage and temper 
the water on rivers, muft be much more expenfive 
than thofe on fmall brooks. 
The expence, therefore, of the firft making fuch 
a meadow as this is, will be from twelve pounds to 
twenty pounds per acre, according to the difficulty - 
of the ground, and the quantity of hatch work re- 
quired; but the improvement in the value of the 
land by this operation is aftonifhing. The abfra& 
value of a good meadow of this kind may fairly 
be called three pounds peracre; but its value, when 
taken as part of a farm, and particularly of a /heep- 
breeding farm, is almoft beyond computation; and 
when fuch a meadow is once made, it may be faid to 
be made for ever, the whole expence of keeping up 
the works, and watering it frequently, not exceed- 
ing five fhillings per acre yearly, and the expence 
of the hatches, if well done at firtt, being a mere 
trifle for a number of years afterwards. 
Suppofed quantity of water meadows in this diftrid. 
The number of acres of land in this diftri&t, under 
; this 
