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to carry it to the necessary perfection ; it is let at 
double and treble the price of land of equal quality, 
incapable of watering.” 
He has seen watered meadows, with proof spots not 
watered, on purpose to shew the difference. In the 
month of April, the watered land was good pasture for 
sheep, or cattle; on the parts not watered the land was 
barren, without any spring shoot of grass. 
As soon as a meadow is cleared of the hay, there 
should be plenty of live stock turned in, to bite close 
what little may be left by the scythe ; and that no 
time may be lost for promoting the growth of grass, 
the floating gutters should be pared and cleaned as 
soon as possible, and the land floated so soon as water 
can be had, which will force an early and plentiful af¬ 
termath; the same rule is to be observed in the spring 
of the year, so soon as the land is saved for the en¬ 
suing hay crop. 
In general I have found the space of three days suf¬ 
ficient for the water to flow on the same spot at one 
time; but light dry soils will bear much more rvater- 
ing than wet and strong ones; but on this point, and 
various others, as the situation, the quantity of water at 
command, and other local circumstances, must depend 
the means to be used to promote the greatest advan¬ 
tage. 
If the water be neglected, and allowed to float too 
much in one place, the grass will be coarse and rotten 
at the bottom when mown, whilst other places may 
have too little crop for want of water. 
It is much to be regretted, that the improvement by 
watering should be neglected, on any land capable of 
receiving that benefit; but in all cases, draining, if 
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