WATERING. 
Water from Avon to "Severn ; could we be unanimous 
in the method of effecting it, the expense would be 
easy : nothing would improve this part of our country, 
or render us such essential service. Now I am noticing 
meadows, if ever an enclosure takes place, the meadows 
should be lotted, to lay property together, but not 
divided by fences ; 
And Mr. Oldacre—Here are about 80 acres of land 
Watered, belonging to George Perrott, Esq. but I do 
not know of much land capable of that improvement. 
MR. turner’s account of the water meadows on 
THE FOLEY ESTATE, BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF A 
LETTER TO MR. POMEROY. 
The plan of watering the land in this neighbour¬ 
hood, belonging to the Foley family, is shortly as fol¬ 
lows :—It is in the first place necessary to observe, 
that all the mills on the brook, or stream of water, as 
soon as It enters on their property, until it unites with 
the river Stour, for near three miles, belong to them, 
of course they have the controul of the water. At the 
upper end of the stream, are three or four water¬ 
courses, made for several miles upon a level to the dif¬ 
ferent farms that are watered, and the old stream di¬ 
vided in a manner proportioned to the quantity of 
land each course is intended to water. The farms 
that receive this valuable acquisition are eight or nine, 
and the quantity of land watered upon the whole of 
them, is between three and four hundred acres. The 
quality of the soil, in general, is a very light sand, 
and many parts of it mixed with gravel: by the division 
of 
