382 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



relieve it, which may be done by bringing springs 

 through it, or gather the violent faUing of rain into a 

 ditch on the other side of it, or by any other conve- 

 nience, according to the situation of the ground on 

 the ascending part, to overflow it so long that it sink 

 deeper than the roots of the grass to continue its 

 moisture for the nourishment of it for a considerable 

 time. 



And note here, that the best season for watering 

 of meadows is from the beginning of November to the 

 end of April ; and the more muddy or troubled the 

 water is, the better, for then it brings a soil upon the 

 ground, and this generally happens after hasty showers 

 and great floods of rain. And if you have many fields 

 lying together, especially in a descent, you may make 

 a convenience in the uppermost to stop up the water 

 till it is very well soaked ; and then by a sluice, or 

 breaking down of a dam, let it into the next, and so by 

 a small addition of water, transmit it to many. 



THE PROGRESS OR INCREASE IN WEIGHT 

 AND PROFIT IN PASTURE-FEEDING OR 

 FATTENING NEAT-CATTLE STOCK 



This is evidently a matter which must depend upon a 

 variety of different circumstances, such as the nature 

 and state of the feeding pastures or keep ; the breed 

 or particular kind of the animals ; their different dis- 

 positions to feed or take on flesh and become fat ; and 

 the habits they possess of being tame and quiet, or the 

 contrary, as well as some other causes. From various 

 statements, it appears that large stock of the ox kind, 



