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night, a great part of the tender grass will 

 will be cut off. In Gloucestershire, two 

 methods of avoiding these injuries are 

 practised ; one is, to take the water off by 

 da}^ to prevent the scum, and to turn it 

 over again at night, to guard against the 

 frost : the other method is, to take the 

 water off earlj' in the morning, and if that 

 day be dr\', to suffer it to remain off for a 

 few days and nights ; for if the land expe- 

 riences only one drying dsx, the frost at 

 night will do little injury to the grass. 

 The former of these practices, where it is 

 found not too troublesome, is preferable 

 to the latter; and the simply-constructed 

 wears of the above county are well calcu- 

 lated for the adoption of this rule, since 

 any part of them is removable at pleasure, 

 whatever be the severity of the frost. 

 About the middle of this month, the floater 

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