would produce every ufcful grain and herb 

 cultivated in England. 



S E C T I O N LI. 



Surface-Draimngy and Under-Braining ; UJes 

 of them-, what Land moji proper for each. 



SURFACE-DRAINING, though in gene- 

 ral very badly executed, is perhaps one of ihc 

 greateft improvements in agriculture and gra- 

 zing that has been made of late years. Unlefs 

 land be laid properly dry, it is fcarcely poflible 

 that any ufcful plant can profper, or the ufelefs 

 be deftroyed. Rufhes, for example, of which 

 there are many thoufand acres, fpoiling land 

 •which might with great eafe be freed from them 

 by draining, are fufFered to grow from negledt- 

 ing to apply this fimple remedy. 



Every man who is troubled with rufhes up- 

 on his land, complains of their growth : butie^w 

 think of the caufe of their propagation. 



Sometimes, indeed, it is ufeful to the farmer 

 to have rufhes on his farm. The landlord who 

 is averfe to the breaking up of land fufFers the 



tenant 



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