OF THE COUNTY OF DOWN. 189 



benefit of clear running water, and the almoft incre- 

 dible eflfeft it has upon proper foils. So much has al- 

 ready been written upon this fubjeft, that to enter mi- 

 nutely into the advantage of this branch of agriculture, 

 would merely be a repetition of what has been faid by 

 writers much more converfant in the bufmefs than I 

 have had an opportunity of being ; I fhall therefore 

 merely confine myfelf to thofe obfervations, which I 



have had an opportunity of making, fiU P 



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Of the Soils adapted for Irrigation. 

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So far" as I have been able to judge, water afts as a 

 fertilizer upon every foil, when under proper manage- 

 ment, from gravelly loam to clay ; turf-bog, when 

 brought into culture, is benefited by it in a moft ex- 

 traordinary manner, as I have had an opportunity of 

 knowing from my own experience, by conducting the 

 ftream, which comes from the higher parts of a bog, 

 over a piece, which has been cut over, not half its 

 depth, and afterwards brought into cultivation ; by 

 throwing the water over it this year ( 1 80 r) a greater 



quantity of grafs, and to all appearance of a better 







quality, was gained than in any two years fmce it was 

 firft improved, although it had been manured every 

 fecond year, either with dung or afhes. My reafon 

 for mentioning this fo particularly is, firft, to fhew 

 how congenial the water arifing from a bog is to tha 



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