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were consonant Avith this, the diflference 

 of our plans would have been too incon- 

 siderable to have called forth this parti- 

 cular notice. 



P. 106, " About a week before the 

 " giuss is to be mown, let the water into 

 *' it, for about twenty-four hours, it will 

 ** make the ground moist at the bottom, 

 " the scythe will go through it easier, and 

 ** it will be mown the closer for it." 



This is a very improper direction on 

 several accounts : the water thus let in, 

 though it be ever so clear, will leave a 

 filthy substance on the grass very injurious 

 to the hay ; it will make the ground too 

 soft to bear the carriages loaded with the 

 hay ; and will give a wetness to the land, 

 which will occasion the hay to be at least 

 a day longer in making than it would 



have 



