MINUTES 



JAN, 



5'- 



MEADOWS. 



ALDER. 



Nor is the method of draining the only part 

 of the mifmanagement of the Norfolk farmers 

 in regard to their meadows, they do not 

 feem to be aware that preffitre is a main im- 

 provement of boggy moory land. I have 

 never feen nor heard of a roller being drawn 

 over a meadow fince I came into Norfolk ! 



There are, however, fome few exceptions 

 to this general mal-treatment of meadows to 

 be met with. 



The Rev. Mr. Horiley of Sway field has 

 drained his meadows in a capital ftyle, and 

 Mr. Samuel Barber of Stanninghall is manur- 

 ing his with foot, &c. and clearing them from 

 ant-hills, furze, alders, and other incum- 

 brances. 



This laft is a great nuifance in meadows ; an 

 alder not only encumbers the fpot it ftands on, 

 but is allowed on all hands to render moory 

 foil ftill more rotten. It is a vile inhabitant of 

 or in the neighbourhood of a meadow ; for the 

 feeds being blown about by the wind, they are 

 trodden by cattle into the foil over the area of 

 the meadow ; where, fpringing up among the 

 herbage, the young plants embitter the grafs, 

 and render it altogether impalatable to flock. 



In improving meadowy, the main objeft is to 

 dilengagethe mould from' collected moifture : 



for 



