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goofe to get the golden eggs at once. Great 

 goingS'OUt mufi have great comings-in. This is 

 an old adage, well underftood : and if the farm- 

 er does not rtpleiiifh with manure, he will foon 

 find his land deercafe in produce. 



SECTION LIV, 



Opinion on IVater-Meadows^ founded on Expert-^ 

 raents, Nourifioing Manure left by the Hedi-^ 

 went, 



IMPROVING, by means of water, fuch 

 land as by nature is formed to receive that be- 

 nefit, is a good and cheap method. But, 

 when land lies a little above the level of the 

 v/ater, or, being of an uneven furface, part 

 hillocks, part holes, miufl be levelled by the 

 fpade, or even by the plough, it will frequent- 

 ly be found not only expenfive but detriment- 

 al. For, in levelling, the hillocks are robbed 

 of the bed foil, a fuperfluity of which is thrown 

 in to fill the holes : and it muft require a con- 

 fiderable length of time before the water can 

 depofit a fufficient quantity of fedimcnt to be 



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