Plan of a Water-Meadow made out of a Bog

Plan of a Water-Meadow made out of a Bog at Prisley Farm belonging to His Grace the Duke of Bedford, by William Smith (1769-1839). Water-meadows are areas of agricultural grassland where irrigation is strictly controlled through the use of sluice gates or hatches to feed in the water, which systematically drains through the meadow, with the excess passing into ditches and drains to be discharged into a river, or in this case a brook. The intention was to keep the ground damp, allowing multiple and larger yields of crops of higher quality of grass for sheep and cattle. William Smith worked on the drainage of the Prisley Bog between 1802-1803. Engraving

1769-1839 1806 Allowing Bedford Belonging Brook Controlled Crops Damp Discharged Ditches Drainage Drains Excess Feed Grassland Hatches Higher Intention Irrigation Larger Multiple Sluice Strictly Systematically Yields

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