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SOS WATERING, 
of the stream as above, each fanp has its portion of 
water repeated from two days to a week, every three 
weeks throughout the year ; and in order to prevent 
the least dispute between the tenants, respecting the 
distribution of the water, a person is appointed to turn 
it from one person’s land to the next in turn, at certain 
stated times, fixed for this purpose. 
The farmer then takes to the management of it, and 
floods such part of his lands as is generally prepared to 
receive it. There are very few of them that mow the 
whole of the land they water, but mow and graze it al¬ 
ternately, in such a manner that they use the water at 
all seasons of the A'ear in their turn. A very consi¬ 
derable quantity of land in this neighbourhood, is well 
situated to receive this improvement, if the stream was 
sufficient for the purpose : besides the number of acres 
already mentioned, the greater part of which was 
formerly a very poor arable land, and not worth more 
than 5s. an acre. The industrious farmers are very atten¬ 
tive to the use of the water ; all the gutters are cut for 
floating, with the use of a water-level, and the more 
numerous the gutters are, the greater quantity of grass 
the land produces. In some situations, Avith the use of 
little stop-gates, the gutters are cut deep enough to 
drain the land they are made to float; this circum¬ 
stance, where the land requires it, is worthy of great 
attention. The whole plan of irrigation, where prac¬ 
tised, (and very few farms indeed but will admit of it 
in some degree), is bej’ond a doubt the first, and great¬ 
est improvement, at the least expense, ever discovered. 
This is the rvatering referred to by Dr, Nash, before- 
mentioned. 
Mr. Carpenter highly approves of the improvement 
of land by watering ; but says, “ it requires attention 
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