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who, let m^ssk, has a right to alter what 

 is usual and extensively profitable, without 

 giving convincing reasons for the innova-» 

 tion ? Mr. Young has indeed offered two 

 assertions, in the shape and in the stead of 

 reasons ; but they are such as tend to over- 

 turn, rather than support, his first bold 

 proposition : — " These meadows," he says^ 

 '* are by far the most expensive ta irrigate ; 

 *' and unless very well executed indeed, 

 " yield the worst hay !" His assertion re-"^ 

 specting the expense in fact affirms, that 

 it is far more expensive to use water at 

 hand, than to carry it to a distant part ; or 

 more expensive to convey water five yards, 

 than to convey it live hundred yards; for 

 the distribution of the^ water upon the sur- 

 face will probably be the same in both 

 cases. Besides, Mr. Young should here 

 be told, that water conveyed five hundred 

 yards, at the rate of fall which he allows* 



