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the drain taper, from nine inches at top, to nothing 
at the bottom, and perhaps three feet deep, and 
filled them up, by dropping firft the fmalleft ftones, 
and then the large ones, to near the top, and then 
finifhing it by placing a thin turf on the ftones. 
Gravel drains.—Where gravel is more plentiful 
than ftones, fcreened or wafhed gravel has been 
found to anfwer the purpofe very well. 
In all cafes, the general opinion feems to be, that 
thofe drains have lafted longeft which have the 
Jeaft, or rather the narroweft, water-way left at bot- 
tom; as, in that cafe, the force of the water has 
been fufficient to clear away any little obftacles that 
might chance to get in. 
BENEFICIAL PRACTICES, 
Dairy fyfiem.—Tue fyfiem of making cheefe, as 
managed in North-Wiltfhire, would certainly be of 
the greateft fervice in many parts of the kingdom, 
if it could be introduced into them; and the pro- 
duction of good cheefe, in this diftrict, from land 
totally diffimilar, as {tated in the preceding obferva- 
tions, fhews that the goodnefs of this article does 
not depend fo much on foils or fituations, as is ge- 
nerally imagined. Indeed it is well known, that 
the fame of this diftri& for good cheefe is not very 
ancient. The circumftance of its being fold for 
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