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rot 



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•ophers In the 

 Hand; fearlii^ 

 eir troops and 

 '^t ; and then 



through thefe 

 h being thus 



ore morning; 

 : ice ten tiroes 

 ,wer freezing 



not only the 



les are 



or 



the cal- 



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il fpn"g '': 



y 



make 



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Sect. XI. 3. 4 



AND VVATEPvING. 



279 



fome weeks before that on drier land In their vicinity. 3. The ground 

 is rendered n^ore eafily penetrable by the roots of grafs, both by its 

 beincx kept fofter, and alfo from its being feldomer frozen below the 

 furfa'ce In the vernal months. 4. This early crop may be eaten off 

 by cattle or (heep, and a new flooding for a (hort time will forward 

 the c^rowth of it fo as to produce a good crop of hay. 5- After the 

 hay is i^emoved another flooding for a (hort time enfures a luxuriant 



growth of autumnal grafs, or aftermath. • r • 1 . 1 



The difficulty of getting moid lands free from rufhes is faid to be 



adily 



ercome by flood 



them, and that efpecially after previ 



ny mowing them, as their fpongy pith will then abforb fo much 

 water, as to caufe them to putrify by its ftagnation ; or if this be 

 done in autumn or fpring, and a froft fupervenes, the water in their 

 pith by expanding, as it becomes ice, burfts and deftroys the.r organic 



^'Sie following conclufion is copied from Parkinfon's Experienced 

 Farmer. "Upon the whole, artificial watering °f '"^^^"^^ '_';_"^°'^ 

 profitable improvemei 

 benefit of other land 



4 

 J 



I 



it rob 



s 



duncrhill, but raifes one for th 



for if a farmer 



water ten acres of land 



the <^rafs and ufe it either in flail or fold-foeding, he might keep 

 perhaps forty hearts ; and by working the manure made by theminto 

 a comport, and applying that comport to other lands, he might either 

 have a great deal more hay for the winter, or foed more cattle m the 



fummer." Vol. II. p. 68. 



4 Two or three obforvations of importance (hould be here iniert- 

 ed I That in flooding lands for a confiderable time, the water ftiould 

 iy irickle over them from the canal, which leads it along the more 



elevated parts, and not ftand on it lik 



fi(h-pond ; as in the latter 



cafe the grafs roots will perifh in a few weeks in the early fpring, tc 

 the great Injury of the farmer, an example of which on feveral acre; 

 1 once witneffed. 



As foon as any materials thus begin to putrefy beneath the water 



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