| The Bath and West of England Society - 1795 - 444 pages
...watering may be repeated for a few days at a time, whenever there is an opportunity of getting water, always keeping this fundamental rule in view, " to make " the meadows as dry as poffible between every water" ing; 1 ' and to "flop the water the moment the ap~ " pearance of. anyfcum... | |
| James Anderson - Agriculture - 1801 - 820 pages
...watering may be repeated fora few days at a time, whenever there is an opportunity of getting water, always keeping this fundamental rule in view, to make the meadows as dry as poffible between every watering; and to flop the water the moment the appearance of any fcum on the... | |
| William Tatham - 1801 - 474 pages
...watering may be repeated for a few days at a time, whenever there is an opportunity of getting water, always keeping this fundamental rule in view, to make the meadows as dry as pofliblc between every watering; and to flop the water the moment the appearance of any fcum on the... | |
| william blackwood & sons - 1840 - 680 pages
...growth above. While the grass grows freely a fresh watering is not wanted, hut as soon as it flags, the water must be repeated for a few days at a time,...take off the water the moment any scum appears upon time land, which shews that it has already had water enough.” Some meadows that will require the... | |
| Agriculture - 1843 - 582 pages
...repeated for a few days at a ti always keeping this fundamental rule in view—" to make the meado as dry as possible after every watering, and to take off the water moment any scum appears upon the land, which shows that it has a-*^- a ' ready had water enough." Some... | |
| George Wingrove Cooke - Farm tenancy - 1850 - 590 pages
...growth above. While the grass grows freely, a fresh watering is not wanted; bnt as soon as it Hags, the water must be repeated for a few days at a time;...water the moment any scum appears upon the land, which shows that it has already had water enough. Some meadows that will require the water for three weeks... | |
| Agriculture - 1860 - 380 pages
...occasions. The invariable rule should be, to water often and for a short time at once, to make the land as dry as possible after every watering, and to take off the water the moment that any scum makes its appearance. The reasons are obvious. The roots of plants require air to a greater... | |
| 1842 - 540 pages
...above. While the grass grows freely, a fresh watedull is not wanted ; but as soon as It flags, the wits must be repeated for a few days at a time, always...to make the meadows as dry as possible after every watef ing, amid to take off the water the moment any scum appears upon the land, which shows that It... | |
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