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process, without manure in substance. It 

 is true, that any, even the thinnest water 

 will, in a favorable spring, force a crop 

 upon the poorest land, but tliis crop must 

 be, as the land, of an inferior quality ; for 

 no one ever yet found good grass, or good 

 hay upon bad land. I have a striking 

 proof of this, in a meadow of my own ; for 

 I float with very clear spring-water, and 

 with very muddy brook water in one and 

 the same meadow. , And the effect of the 

 latter is most manifestly superior both in 

 tlie quantity and the quality of the grass 

 thereby produced, although it depends 

 entirely upon the wetness of the season 

 for its supply; but tlie former has the 

 benefit of a never varying stream. 



It may here be expected, before I pro- 

 ceed to take still greater liberties with, 



what 



