Excerpt from The Practical Irrigator and DrainerLeys, and marshes, the greater proportion of the valleys offer an extensive scope for the formation of water meadows with facility, the crops of which would afford ample provision for their numerous ¿ocks, and a plentiful supply of hay against winter storms, while, on the other hand, the draining of the marshes and other wet lands would produce immense resources for the cultivation of grain. The author begs leave further to state, that whatever may be the faults of the' 'style, he pledges himself to the correctness of the statements throughout the work, and trusts that his labours to disseminate the true and rational principles on which such undertakings.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.