188 ON FALLOWING. 



" let; and the work is thus likely to be completed 

 ** in a methodical, substantial, and permanent 

 '* manner, under professed drainers, and labour- 

 " ers solely employed on this essential work. 

 *' On this great scale of" drainage, the connection 

 *' of one farm, or part of an estate, with another, 

 " renders the effect more complete, and the 

 *' ultimate charges much less. Indeed, the te- 

 " nants are so sensible of the advantages of this 

 ** system, that they give it a preference to 

 *' having the work done at their own expense, 

 " and in their own manner." 



And on the effects of draining, he further very 

 justly observes : " On the whole, there is no 

 *' means by which the value of land can be ad- 

 " vanced, or from which, when usefully applied, 

 *' so many advantages can be derived, at a mo- 

 " derate expense, as that of draining. The 

 *' owner is benefited by an increase of rent ; the 

 *' occupier by that of produce ; and the public, 

 " by being thus supplied with greater quantities 

 *' of the most essential commodities, and by hav- 

 '* ing a source of usefiil employment furnished 

 ** to the labouring classes of the community.*' 



