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Article XLlll. 



An Account of the Smcefs attending the ptaHt^ 

 ing Moor-Land with Ap-Trees, 



GrENTLEMENi 



BEING Jately in the county of Elfex, I wa$ 

 informed that a gentleman farmer there had 

 raifed a very fine plantation of Afh trees, on apiece 

 of moor-land, which was worth little for any other 

 purpofe. Knowing him to be a' very ingenious 

 and capable farmer, both willing and able to com- 

 municate ufeful knowledge, I thought my exami- 

 ning the plantation, and giving you a juft account 

 of its planting, progrefs, produce, and prefentftate, 

 might be acceptable to the Society. 



The foil was a black boggy moor, and had for- 

 merly been a hop ground; but fo wet that it 

 would not anfwcr for that or any other purpofe in 

 agriculture, although it had been cut acrofs with 

 many open drains, five feet deep, to take off the 

 water. The quantity was three ftatute acres, and 

 the following account of the planting and produce 

 was given me by the farmer in writing from his 

 own regifter, 



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