RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Notes on 'crowns and furrows']. CUL-DAR63.84. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2021. RN2
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. The volumes CUL-DAR63, CUL-DAR64 and CUL-DAR65 contain a diverse array of materials for Darwin's research on earthworms. All of the textual items in these folders, including this one, have been transcribed in a single file: CUL-DAR63-65.
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"Crown & furrow" when land [2 words illeg] and widely extended - very ancient practice in [order] to let the superficial water to run off into the furrows from which it is redirected by proper channels into the ditches.
[illeg] English
From furrow to furrow generally 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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