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tofore conftantly had through the fummer ? 

 Or by the warmth of the webbs ; which, ad- 

 ing as a gardener's frame, has induced the 

 foil to exert itfelf beyond its natural ftrength ? 

 The effect is well afcertained ; but evident 

 and interefting as it is, it appears to me dif- 

 ficult to be accounted for fatisfactorily. 



Having thus pafled through the general 

 management of grafsland, it will now be pro- 

 per to particularize, 



1. The Management of Meadows. 



2. The Management of Failures. 



I. MEADOWS. All old grafsland which is 

 mown is here called "MEADOW;" whether 

 its fituation be low or high, dry or moift. It 

 is merely a term in contradiftindtion to PAS- 

 TURE, or " fummer-eaten" ground; which 

 name it may take the enfuing year ; it being 

 a pretty common practice to mow and fum- 

 mer-eat alternately. 



This, however, is far from being a gene- 

 ral practice ; the fame lands will be mown, 

 and others will be ufed as cow-paflure, for 

 feveral years fucceffively. But of the land 

 which is defcribed above as midland grafs, 



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