QOS ‘WATERING; 
Sometimes 3s.: a woman, under kindly circumstances* 
will hoe half an acre a day ; the second hoeing is fre¬ 
quently more tedious than the first, by reason of the 
crop hiding the ground, and frequently passes over in a 
hand-weeding only.” 
5. WATERING. 
The extensive range of meadows on the Severn, and 
other rivers, are watered occasionally by the inundation 
from those rivers, and the land thus kept in high 
condition ; though not without some inconvenience, 
from the operation not being always timed, suitably to 
the leisure or convenience of the occupier 
Dr. Nash relates an account of 300 acres of land, near 
Chaddersley Corbett, watered by Bellbroughton brook, 
and, being barren sand, improved from 5s. to 30s. per 
acre, annual value, and that this improvement was 
made 100 years ago : this may serve to shew, that the 
improvement of land by watering is not a modern prac¬ 
tice or discovery.—See Mr. Turner’s Account. 
Mr. Darke of Bredon remarks—In one instance only 
the water of the fold-yard is carried over a large field, 
evidently to great advantage. Our meadows are won- 
derfully enriched, and at the same time too frequently 
damaged, by the overflowing of the river Avon, which 
extends itself near six miles through this parish. We, 
on the spot, conceive our meadows to be the first flood¬ 
ed, and to lie the longest under water, of any in this 
kingdom. Severn is our natural drain ; but we want in 
wet seasons, more sluices, or gates, or wears (which 
might be easily made), to conduct our overflow of 
water 
