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The Eflex mode of under-ground draining, from 

 the loofe pulverized flate of the foil, has not been 

 found to anfwer here fo well, as upon a more co- 

 hefive foil, nor is there any other which does fo 

 well for the meadows, as what I here defcribe ; but 

 where the plough goes, if the land be wet, or full 

 of fprings, the Eifex mode is bed, and flones, 

 when they can be met with, are, in fuch cafes, to 

 be prefered to wood. 



The next thing, if they pre very coarfe, is to 

 fpread upon them ten or twelve loads of fmall 

 gravel or fand, per acre, which will tend more than 

 any thing to give them flrmnefs, fine the furface, 

 and fweeten the herbage, by encouraging what is 

 called the Dutch clover to fpring, with which the 

 earth is everywhere impregnated. I have found, 

 by confiderable experience, that this is the belt 

 improvement for Norfolk meadows. Mr. Marfhall 

 recommends watering, and fays it would double 

 their value ; Mr. Cclhoun, *nd fome other fpirited 

 gentlemen in the neighbourhood of Thetford, 

 have lately introduced the practice there, to which 

 I wifh moft hearty fuccefs, but am much inclined 

 to doubt its being extended to any great benefit in 

 this county, for I have tried it more than once. 

 It is an improvement that ought to be introduced 

 rever circumflanc.es are in its favour, but I 

 i not found it anfwer here, for two fubftanti.il 

 teafonsj becaufe the country is fo fiat that you 



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