90 MINUTES JAK. 



5 1 , gi ns j towards the main drain, will have acquired 



MEADOWS. a degree of firmnefs, perhaps, iufficicnt to ad- 

 mit of the lateral drains being cut to their full 

 depth. 



Very rotten meadows, lying on a blowing 

 oozy quick-fand, cannot however, with any 

 propriety, be finiftied the next year : therefore, 

 in thefe, the upper moory ftratum alone fliould 

 be raifed; laying it as far from the edge off the 

 drains as the arm and fpade can reach. 



In the courfe of the enfuing fummer the 

 mould ought to be turned over to forward its 

 digeftion ; and to bury the weeds, which never 

 fail to grow upon it in great abundance ; and 

 which being turned under in the fulnefs of fap, 

 are very beneficial in promoting the digeftion 

 of the whole mafs, 



In autumn the drains ought to be finiftied 

 the inequalities done away, and the manure 

 fpread over the furface ; provided this can be 

 yet done with fafcty. 



But fliould the quiek-fand be ftill fo ftrong as 

 to endanger the fides of the drains, go no 

 deeper the third year than can be done with 

 fafety; deferring the finishing fpit until another, 

 or even another, fummer has rendered the fub.~ 

 foil firm, and the fprings are cfteclually killed. 



This 



