RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Notes on 'crowns and furrows']. CUL-DAR63.84. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
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"Crown & furrow" when land [2 words illeg] - very ancient practice in [illeg] to let the superficial water to run off into the furrows from which it is redirected by proper channels into the ditches.
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From furrow to furrow [distance of] about 8 ft
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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