JANUARY, 30 



Another object in extensive works, especially on 

 moors upon the slopes of hills aod in mountains, is 

 the union of draining and irrigation. The general 

 mouth of many drains may, in numerous cases, be 

 made the constant supply of a system of watering 

 the land below it. Till this is settled, the improver 

 is uncertain what land il will be advisable to break 

 op, and what otherwise to improve by water, for it 

 may be laid down almost as a maxim, that water, 

 where it can be h:id, should be tried with mere le- 

 velling before any other method be attempted. 



Upon the high moors to the south of Paitely- 

 briclge, in Yorkshire, there are some remarkable in- 

 stances of small abandoned mill-courses having 

 overflowed the ling moor below them, and thereby 

 destroyed the ling, and established a large family of 

 grasses, converting black into what they call white 

 laud, and which, though Hike all the rest of the 

 moors) in a state of utter neglect (this accidental 

 circumstance exeeptcd), would let, with a wall fence 

 around it, at IDs. an acre, instead of 6d. or Qcl. 

 When the effect of water is so remarkable, it is a 

 proof that not a drop should be lost, but that what 

 comes from the drains should be converted from an 

 enemy into a friend. 



It is the practice of many farmers to choose the 

 year of fallow ior this work, because they think it 

 is better done in summer than in winter, and while 

 the land is in fallow than when under clover, 

 though that clover be fVd. If this be really the 

 ii:ct, it probably depends not only on the land 



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