Century . V 
The Fifth Helpe of Ground , is Heat and Warmth. It hath beene and- i 
cntly pradifed co burne Heath, and Ling, and Sedge,with the vantage of 
the Windup on the Ground : We fee,that tvarmh of mils and Enclosures, 
mendeth Ground : We lee alfo that Lying open to the South, raendeth 
Ground: Vdc fee againe,that the Foldings ot Sheepe helpe Ground,as well 
by the* Warmth, as by their Compofi : And it may be doubted* whether 
the Couering of the Ground with Brakes, in the Beginning of th ewinter, 
(whereof we fpake in the laft Experiment,) .helpeth it nor, by reafon of 
the warmth. Nay fome very good Husbands doe fufpe£f,that the Gathe 
ring vp Flints, in Flinty Ground, and laying them on Heapcs, (which 
is muchvfed,) isnogoodH^a^/y • For that they would keepe the 
Ground Warme. 
The Sixth Helpe of Ground is,by watering, aud Irrigaiion-yvh.idi is in 
! two Manners: The one by Letting in,and Shutting out waters, at feafo- 
j liable T imes: For water at fome Seafons, and with too long ft ay, doth 
good -. But at fome other Seafons,and with rcafonable $tay,doth hurt. 
‘ And this feructh only for Meadowes, which arc along fome Riuer . The 
other way is, to bring water from fome Hanging Grounds , where there 
are Springs, into the Lower Grounds, carrying it in fome long Furrowes • 
And fiom thofe Furrowes, drawing it trauerfe to fpread the Water. And 
this maketh an excellent Improuement,both for Come and GraJJ'e. It is 
i the richer, if thofe Hanging Grounds be fruitfull, becaufc it wafheth off 
TomeoftheFatnefleof the Earth: Buthowfoeuer it profiteth much. 
Generally, where there are great Ouerflowes, in Fens, or the like, the 
drowning of them in the winter, maketh the Summer following more 
fruitfull: The Caufi may be, for that it kcepeth the Ground warme,and 
nouriiheth it: But the Fen-Men hold, that the Sewers muft be kept fo,as 
the water may not ftay too long in the spring,ti\\ the weeds and Sedge be 
growne vp • For then the Ground will be like a Wood, which kee- 
peth out the Sunne ; And fo continuetli the Wet; Whereby 
it will neuer graze (to purpofe) that yearei Thus much 
for Irrigation. But for AuoidancesyrndDraynings of 
water,where there is too much,a*id the Helps 
of Ground in that kinde,we (hall fpeake 
of them in another 
Place. 
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