NOVEMBER. 



the slopes, a packthread may be strained front 

 stake to stake, which gives the opportunity of mea- 

 suring the intended bank : and if the number of 

 cubical yards contained in it be not greater than the 

 sum proposed to be expended, proceed to level 

 from one stake around to the other, staking out as 

 you proceed the line of the surface of the intended 

 water, and measuring the contents of the area ; the 

 operator is able to compare the quantity to be float- 

 ed, with the expence of the bank, sluice, &c. ; and 

 if the one be adequate to the other, he can proceed 

 with the works. 



SALT FOR SHEEP. 



If the land of a farm be wet or moist-, or other- 

 wise unfavourable to sheep, the evil may be consi- 

 derably remedied by the practice of giving salt 

 m shallow troughs : they should have as much 

 ns they will eat, the, quantity being very small, 

 though they are exceedingly fond of it, little as 

 they take. 



DEPTH OF PLOUGHING IX BREAKING UP 

 GRASS LAND. 



This point demands some attention : it should be 

 considered first, with relation to breaking up, 

 by paring and burning ; and, secondly, by mere 

 ploughing. 



It is a nearly general notion in every part of the 

 kingdom, that the first ploughing after this opera- 

 tion should be shallow. We cannot admit that the 



idea, 



