170 MINUTES MAR. 



96. Mr. H.'s plan of improvement was this : 



MEADOWS. Having lowered a rivulet, which runs through 

 them, fo as to fmk the furface of the water about 

 four fcet below the furface of the meadow, he 

 cut drains, feven feet wide, and four feet deep, 

 parallel to the rivulet ; and, with the excavated 

 mould, filled up the fmall drains which had 

 formerly been cut ; and levelled the other 

 inequalities ; fo as to render the furface fmoath 

 jmd even. 



Thefe drains were at firft made at about 

 twenty or thirty yards diftance from each other ; 

 but Mr. H, is now filling the major part of 

 them up ; they having performed the office of 

 laying the ground dry ; and he is of opinion, 

 that the rivulet and the fence-drains, alone, 

 will be fufficient to keep it fo, 



Thefe meadows confift of eighteen acres ; 

 divided at prefent into four " Ihifts," by the 

 rivulet and two parallel main drains; whicfc 

 are barely feven feet wide ; but the cattle fome-r 

 times attempt them ; and eight feet -fay half 

 a rod is the lenft width that fence-drains ought 

 to be made. 



The rulhes were fubdued by the fithe, thje 

 mofsby manure, and the herbage improved by 

 the fwecping of the hay- chamber fcattered on 



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