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; Iirit, then watering, planting for flicker, 

 giving the whole, or beft parts, a top-dreffing, 

 either with hot lime, marl, mofs, peat afhes, 

 or the fluff taken from the morafs grounds. 

 After this, to fhut up the field for twelve 

 months, not letting a beaft paflure upon it. 

 Never after overflocked. 



The improvements that can be made upon 

 many hills, thefe in particular, by means of 

 draining and watering in times of drought, and 

 other feafons, are almoft incredible, and can 

 be done at a fmall expence, having fo many 

 different ways to fet on and off the water. 

 The height being fo great could lead on the 

 water to a great diftance, and then to run a- 

 iong the hill zig-zag ; always taking care not 

 to let the water run rapidly, nor too long in 

 one place, but fliifdng it from one place to 

 another, and led on to where there was a 

 plain ; and even there, only to let it in at 

 the foot of the field, fo as to let the water 

 run back over the whole at pleafure. This 

 is only taking the advantage of the natural 

 fituation of every place, whether for pafture, 

 hay, or corn. 



For this reafon, there are more improve- 

 ments 



