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grain is fcarce, and the (lock of cattle very greafi 

 it will be viewed as of the higheft importance, as 

 will appear from the letter above quoted. There 

 is no country, efpecially of the barren fort, in which 

 a plantation of fir-trees may not be eafily reared; 

 and in this cafe it would always be a ready fource of 

 plenty, to which recourfe need not be had until a 

 general fcarcity Iliould make it nceceffary* 



It is alfo well known that (heep eat this food very 

 greedily, and that it never hurts them -, and as thefe 

 valuable little animals are frequently prevented from 

 reaching the grafs by reafon of fnow, and the ilock 

 of hay provided for them fometimes fails fo entirely 

 as to occafion the total lofs of many thoufands at 

 once, in extenfive fheep countries, which might be 

 altogether prevented by having a fmall plantation of 

 firs on each farm, to be kept as a referve of accef- 

 fible food, to be ufed only when other refources 

 -failed; I cannot think any fenfible man, in thefe 

 circumflances, fhould delay one moment to fet about 

 forming this neceflary inclofure upon every farm, 

 I (late fadls; and leave thofe who have occafion for 

 it to make the proper ufe of them. 



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