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laid apart, and on that throw your other mould, which, being cast upin heaps for some time, will be much improved with spreading; lastlysow it over with hay seeds b „
But the cure Is yet easier, if the land lie consideraby sloping, and if ithappen to be a planted ground, then cut your trench deeper than theroots of your trees, and apply the foresaid rubbish to intercept themoisture. About the latter end of October, trench the ground all overfor near a foot and a half in depth, and wdten you are come within threeor four feet of the stem, cut off all the larger roots sloping inwards, spa-ring only the fibres, and such of them as you find tender, and about asbig as your finger; leaving also the more perpendicular to keep the treesteady. This done, cast, in some rubbish of brick-bats,, limestone, (notchalk) and, other materials, that the mould may lie easily about them,.andwith a mixture'of good earth, plenty of rotten stubble or other soil, ap-ply it near the root, and fill.your trench with the rest; and if your groundrequire it, (as being top , cqld it commonly does,) add to your compostthe dung of sheep, pigeons or. poultry, very well consumed; and becausemol's is oftener caused by starving and wet grounds, than by hot and overdry, (for both produce it) the cure is likewise to be effected by abla-queation, and baring the roots as above; and for the latter, by a mix-ture of loam, with the scouring of pond or ditch earth, which of itselfis the most excellent manure, and the planting your trees at greater inter-vals, for admifsion of air and sun; since the scraping of it off, which mayalso be done in wet weather, is but temporary, and if nothing else be per-formed, it will be sure-to grow again. And here upon observation howmen carbonade and cut so many rills, and narrow trenches irregularlycrofsing one another, to drain their meadows and lower grounds, whichtake not up a little part of the turf, I should rather recommend the cut-ting of a large trench through the whole length of the pan and bottom
b A few years ago, Mr. Elkington obtained a bounty from Parliament for making publicbis mode of draining land ; and in order that the information should be properly warrantedthe Board of Agriculture sent Mr. Johnstone down to visit the principal drainings that MrElkington was then making. This gentleman, in the most satisfactory manner, has in aquarto volume, described Mr. Elkington’s mode of draining, of which the principal meritseems to consist in tapping the drains with an auger, in cases where the water lies lower,than the drain.
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