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may have received from the treading of 

 the cattle, or from other causes. Cleanse 

 the bottom and sides of every order of the 

 ditches from grass, and every obstruction 

 which might impede the motion of the 

 water; especially if you have but little 

 fall in your meadow. A breast-plough is 

 a very useful instrument in the cleansing 

 of the larger works. The cleansings should 

 be used, and trodden down even, in any 

 parts of the meadow that are lower than 

 the rest, in order to make every bed, or 

 side of a ridge, as nearly as possible, a 

 perfect-inclined plane. Before the end of 

 this month, every floated meadow should 

 be ready, at all points, to receive the first 

 flood which shall now offer itself. 



At the beginning of November, free 

 admission is the order of the day ; for the 

 water which you now receive, especially 



if 



