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DIFFERENT METHODS OF IMPROVING 

 MEADOW AND PASTURE-LAND. 



MEADOW, and pafture-land is 

 oftener negledled than ploughed 

 ground, notwithflanding it generally ad- 

 mits of a much greater proportion of 

 improvement. 



The firft, the mofi: eafy, and the great- 

 eft of all improvements is made by flood- 

 ing. In Dorfetfiire, and Hampjkire, there 

 are meadows which are increafed, from 

 ten {hillings to three pounds an acre, 

 by bringing the water of the common 

 river over them ; which is eafily effe(5ted 

 by means of little trenches, or grips, 

 which fhoot the water on, and draw it off 

 at pleafure. Thefe meadows are particu- 

 larly ufeful for the nourishment of ewes, 

 and lambs, in the fpring -, and after they 

 E 3 are 



