monly went under the name of the Win* 

 ftraw field. It happened one year, that the 

 river Tweed fwelled by a land-flood to an 

 uncommon height. This field was overflow- 

 ed. The hedges, with the bank kept in the 

 water, fo that it flood dead upon it. The 

 coafequence was, that the next year, to the 

 farmer's great furprife, the whole field was 

 wholly covered with white clover. 



It is fomewhat ftrange to confider, that 

 the greateil improvement in every art is often 

 found out by accident. It is flill more 

 ftrange, when thus found out, thefe very 

 great improvements, at fo little expence, arc 

 not perfevered in. The field would be ftill 

 improving, if the water was laid on every 

 year, and would alter the nature of the foil 

 altogether. 



The reafon why thefe methods are not 

 more adopted, may in part be owing to one 

 of thefe things : 



Firft, The want of attention to the nature 

 and fituation of the foil. 



Every fituation has its own advantages and 

 difadvantages, fome more than others. The 

 great matter is, to ftudy what is the mofl 

 {likable improvement that can be made up- 

 on- 



