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DISTRICT THE TENTH. 



Strong heavy mixed foil upon a brown clay, or brick 

 earth, a gravelly loam, and a tough red clay, or 

 tile earth. 



H E country comprehended within the parifhes of 

 BUERS GIFFORD, PITTSEY, VANGE, BASILDON, 

 LANGDON CRAY, RAMSDEN CRAY, RAMSDEN 

 BELL-HOUSE, NEVENDEN, NORTH and SOUTH 

 BEMFLEET, and THUNDERSLEY. is very much 

 broken into hills, the fides and tops of which, confift of a 

 wet heavy foil upon a tile earth, much ftronger than in the 

 vallies and lower grounds. 



The clofenefs and retentive nature of the red tough clay, 

 which generally pervades this diflridl, require that the hollow 

 drains fhould be made within twelve feet of each other. 

 The ufual mode of forming them is thus : the drains are 

 firft drawn out, or opened fix inches deep by ploughing three 

 bouts, or fix furrows to each drain, with the common foot 

 plough ; one fpit of fourteen inches is then dug out with the 

 land ditch fpade, forming the drain twenty inches deep from 

 the furface, and one inch wide at the bottom. This is filled 

 with draw only, and coft, materials included, about 2s. 6d. 

 per fcore rods. The drains leading to the outfalls are ufually 

 made about eight inches deeper than the lateral ones, filled 

 with elm wood and llraw ; which materials included, will 

 coft about 4$. 6d. per fcore. The whole upon a fair trial, 

 has been found to anfwer inimitably well. 



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