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posely to see the Dorsetshire method a^ 

 floating, informed me, that the West of 

 England was far from being " the princi- 

 " pal scene of business" in this agricultural 

 department. And this gentleman was a 

 very unprejudiced and a very competent 

 judge in the matter. 



Mr. M. afterwards says " that watering 

 *' is not merely a stimulus, or force, but 

 " communicates real nutriment to the 

 '* herbage." 



I am very happy to fmd Mr. M. here, 

 relinqnishing his very untenable position, 

 that every thing in this practice, is to be 

 attributed to " warmth, communicated 

 ** by the running-water." 



But, I trust, when this subject has been 



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