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The other position of Mr. Young, that 

 ** the low flat meadows near the river pro* 

 '* duce the worst hay," that is, worse than 

 bogs, heaths, and Hng-moors under irri* 

 gation, is an assertion made without' con* 

 sideration, and does not deserve any thing 

 like a formal refutation. " These low 

 " flat meadows," he says, " are already 

 ** too good to be irrigated;" and yet, it 

 seems, " they produce the worst hay/* 

 when they have the benefit of irrigation. 



i^v Under the influence of, or rather run 

 away with, by the above opinions, Mr. 

 Young ventures to censure Brookes, a 

 very experienced floater, whom I sent, a 

 few years ago, to Mr. Galwey, of Tofts^ 

 in Norfolk, for having watered the Icywest 

 land of Mr. Galwey and other gentle- 

 men, when he might have watered the 

 highest ; or, " for using a small quantity 



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