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Where water is abundant, I insist iipofl 

 it that no ridge should be made sixty feet 

 wide ; n©ne should be wider in this case, 

 than twenty-four feet. 



P. 37, Mr. D. says, " In autumn water- 

 " ing, if water can be commanded in 

 " plenty, the rule is to give it a thorough 

 *' iifood soakinsj at first." 



Mr. D. could not have used a more 

 improper word, in this instance, than that 

 of soaking, which is by no means an es- 

 sential part of the system, in autumn and 

 winter. Soaking, I grant, is an unavoid- 

 able, but it is, at the same time, an inju- 

 rious attendant on the practice in the cold 

 season. AVhy do Mr. Davis, Mr. Mar- 

 shall, and Mr. BoswELL, lay so much 

 stress upon the good effects of an absor- 



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