4-6 NOTES. 



420 Dr Stringer's Treatise, p. 579. 



421 Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 463. 



422 Smith's Observations, p. 26. 



423 Water is of great benefit to peat-bogs, or mossy grounds, by washing 

 away improper ingredients, as the sulphate of alumina, by which that description 

 of soil is rendered unfertile. In this way peat-bogs may be enabled to produce 

 succulent and nutritive grasses, and to rival the best natural meadows. 



424 Smith's Observations on Irrigation, p. 44 ; Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. 

 p. 462. 



425 Observations by Mr Boulton, the Gloucestershire flooder. General Re- 

 port, vol. ii. p. 599. 



426 Observations by Mr Boulton. General Report, vol. ii. p. 598. 



427 Smith's Observations on Irrigation, p, 56. Various accounts were trans- 

 mitted to the Board of Agriculture, of the expense of making water-meadows 

 in different districts. The Rev. Mr Clough, near Denbigh, in North Wales, ex- 

 pended L.868 in forming about 30 acres into a water-meadow, which is nearly 

 at the rate of L.30 per acre. Comm. vol. i. p. 263. Mr Eyres, of Lynford Hall, 

 in Norfolk, improved in the same manner 23 acres, at the expense of about six- 

 teen guineas per acre, besides some extra charges. Ditto, vol. vi. p. 329. Mr 

 Wilkinson, of Potterton Lodge, near Wetherby, in Yorkshire, converted 13 

 acres into water-meadow for about L. 12, 12s. per acre. Ditto, vol. vi. p. 48. 

 And two spirited farmers of Norfolk, (Mr Beck of West Lexham, and Mr 

 Purdy of Castle- Acre), have tried irrigation with great success, at an expense of 

 L.30 per acre. Ditto, vol. vii. p. 108 and 1 12. 



428 Communications to the Board of Agriculture, vol. vi. p. 45. 



429 Ibid, vol. vi. p. 329. 

 450 Ibid. p. 269. 



431 General Report of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 601. 

 452 Hampshire Report, p. 277. 



433 It is generally supposed, that sheep would be rotted, by pasturing on wa- 

 tered-meadows at any time, except in the spring ; but in Derbyshire, there are 

 several well- authenticated instances to the contrary. Report, vol. ii. p. 472 and 

 475. Much probably depends upon the slope, but more on the soil or water 

 being calcareous. It is said that in Ireland, sheep and lambs are rotted on wa- 

 ter-meadows even in spring, but that is not the case in England. 



434 Half an acre of water-meadow will support 1000 sheep per day, in 

 spring. Smith's Observations, p. 111. Wiltshire Report, p. 127. 



435 Smith's Observations, p. 111. 



436 Wiltshire Report, p. 128. 



437 Communications to the Board of Agriculture, vol. vi. p. 47. 



438 Buckinghamshire Report, p. 283 ; Transactions of the Highland So- 

 ciety, vol. iii. p. 201, and 283. 



439 Dr Singer has given some very judicious directions for that purpose. 

 General Report of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 610, &c. 



440 Berkshire Report, p. 370, note. 



441 Wiltshire Report, p. 122. 



442 Rutland Report, p. 114. 



443 The large water-dock is the weed that principally infests water-meadows. 

 It ought to be carefully eradicated. Smith's Observations, p. 40. 



444 In Davis's Wiltshire, it is calculated, that 2000 acres of water-meadows 

 will, on a moderate estimate, produce in four or five years, 10,000 tons of 

 manure, and will keep in permanent fertility 400 acres per annum of arable 

 land. 



445 Gloucestershire Report, p. 280. Watering of land, is also of use, by 

 destroying vermin in the soil. Bakewell practised this with success in lands 

 under ullage. Red worms were thus destroyed, as well as snails, and grey slugs, 



