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" ment, have them at a much cheaper rate 

 " within the limits of their own farms. 



" But cuftom and prejudice are doughty 

 " champions to deal with. Whilft a Nor- 

 " folk farmer is beftowing more cod upon 

 " his arable land than, at the prefent prices 

 " of corn, he can ever regain from it, he 

 " is " doing rarely well by his land ;" but 

 the moment the foot of improvement fteps 

 on to his grafs lands, be it even to open a 

 few gripes to let off the furface-water, the 

 eyes of the country are upon him ; for he 

 " is " buying his meadows." Were he to 

 1 carry a load of muck from his par-yard on 

 ' to his meadow land, a ftatute of lunacy 

 " would be the probable confequence. 



" Prejudice, however, is not the only thing 

 1 againft the improvement of the Norfolk 

 i meadows. A want of knowledge in the 

 1 art of draining, is a fifter-caufe ; for, of 

 ' the few who attempt to drain their mca- 

 1 dows, fcarcely any are acquainted with the 

 c method of performing it properly. They 

 make their drains much too fmall, too nu- 

 merous, and cut them in improper direc- 

 tions ; nor do .they ever go to a proper 



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