the year, by the herbage which generally 

 abounds on it, fuch as rufhes, flags, and a 

 great quantity of mofs; and alfo by the 

 colour of the grafs, which is moftly blue 

 at the points; fometimes of a dirty yellow 

 hue, and always coarfe. If the foil is the 

 firft defcribed ftiff clay, and the furf ace level, 

 the evil will be very difficult of cure; if of 

 the other fort, of clay or (tiff loams, drain- 

 ing will have great effects. To difcover 

 the foil, the ditches fhould be examined ; 

 and if tried here and there with a fpade, it 

 will be the better. 



Another evil, to which grafs fields on 

 thefe foils are liable, is that of being hide- 

 bound and mofly, without an excefs of wet ; 

 this is very perceptible in winter, and 

 when fed. If a tenant is not allowed to 

 plough fuch, they will require a great 

 expence in manure. 



Grafs fields on gravelly foils are, if the 

 gravel is fharp, very apt to burn (as the 

 farmers call it), in dry fummers; it is a 

 a fault, in fuch years, but they give great 

 and fweet crops, in wet ones, provided it 

 is a gravelly loam. An abfolute gravel 

 fhould never be under grafs. A farmer 



fhould 



