The chief dlreftions, to the occupier, are veiy 

 fliort : — 



1. Keep it well drainecJ. 



2. Keep the banks low. 



3. Check the grofs parts with the fcythe in May 

 or June. 



4. If this do not encourage the cattle to feed upon 

 it, fweeten thofe parts with any kind of clay. 



5. Let the thiftles be kept low, and to fat quick, 

 feed fine. 



6. Pay" a proper attention to the moving the 

 pound, as foon as that part of the clofe where it 

 {lands becomes too grofs. 



7. Let the water-pit be in the middle of the field, 

 with two or more watering-places, according to the 

 largenefs of it. 



From this divifion of marfli paflure land, with re- 

 gard to its quality, we may draw a line on what clofes 

 to plant hedges, and which fhould lie open, and in 

 fome meafure anfwer the long-agitated queftion 

 amongfl graziers on that fubjeft. 



It feems clear that lands of the firfl: and fecond qua- 

 lity, which lie in large pieces, and are applied to the 

 purpofe of grazing of oxen, would not be benefited 

 by planting. Let the third and fourth forts flill re- 

 main a fubjcft of difpute between the contending 

 parties, until it can be fettled by experience founded 

 on faft. Thcfe four clafles, amounting to near a 



T 3 moiety 



