MINUTES 



JAM, 



$o. the hill flood, in order to collect the winter's 



AKT-HH.LS, rains, and thereby effed a radical cure. Laftly, 

 the folds of fward were returned as a cover to 

 the excavation, leaving the furface graffy, 

 nearly level, and fcarcely difcernible from the 

 furrounding fward. 



This operation is aptly called "gelding;" 

 and, though not univerfal, is a mofl excellent 

 practice. 



Between Michaelmas and Chriftmas is the 

 proper time for performing it; for then the 

 excavated mould becomes tempered by the 

 winter's rains and frofls ; and the folds of 

 fward have time to unite with the foil before 

 the fummer's drought fet in. 



MEADOWS. 



GEN T . MAN. 

 FARMERS. 



JANUARY 13. What a difgrace, and what a 

 field for improvement, are the meadows of this 

 county ! The farmers hire marfhes and grazing- 

 grounds at the diflance of twenty or thirty 

 miles, and give high prices, when at the fame 

 time many farmers might, with a common 

 ihare of attention and management, have them 

 at a much cheaper rate within the limits of 

 tjieir own farms. 



But, 



