WATERING, 
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serve the land for mowing, which should be in the 
month of April, for watered meadows, when the fences 
should be well repaired, and all stock taken out; but 
the closer it is then grazed down the better, as the 
floating gutters should be previously cleansed, and the 
land receive the benefit of watering, if possible, imme¬ 
diately upon being shut up; meadows, so managed, 
may be expected to yield hay in great plenty, in de¬ 
fiance of drought, and when hay is in the greatest de¬ 
mand, here the dung cart is not Wanted, but the pro¬ 
duce assists the dunghill, for the benefit of the land 
kept in tillage. 
Upon Brant Hall estate, Mr. Richard Miller regu¬ 
larly waters about 30 acres, upon the Catch water 
system; he happens to be luckily assisted by a reser¬ 
voir ready formed to his hand, intended for a fish¬ 
pond and watering place for the use of the farm, and 
containing about half an acre ; this piece of water is 
constantly supplied from what was formerly a bog 
above it of about two acres, but now being well drained 
is planted annually with cabbages, but continues to 
afford an equal, if not an increased, supply of water; 
the bog and reservoir being situated in a valley, also re¬ 
ceive a considerable supply of water from land floods, 
and the melting of snows. The pond is occasionally 
drawn down at pleasure, and the water distributed 
over the land below ; the mud is, at times, stirred up 
by means of scrapers, and sometimes a pair of harrows 
are introduced and drawn to and fro by men with long 
ropes; by these means, 30 acres of grass land is main¬ 
tained, in a good mowing state, with little or no assist¬ 
ance from the dun£ cart.—See Plate V. 
Explanation, — V, the pond, or reservoir; s. the 
2 stream, 
