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are fometimes deftroyed by cattle biting off tho 

 young fhoots, or rubbing againft them ; and arc 

 frequently fpoiled for timber by being lopped, 

 fhrouded, or headed, by the farmer or his fcrvdnts. 

 The timber which is raifed belongs to the landlord, 

 nor is it the intereft of the tenant to encourage its 

 growth. The dropping of trees frequently deftroys * 

 his quick fences, and their (hade confiderably injures 

 bis land. When a tree is converted to a pollard, 

 by taking off the head, or mutilated by lopping or 

 flirouding, it does lefs injury, and the farmer has 

 generally the'privilege of taking the lops and flircuds 

 for his own ufe. A ftrid attention, with proper 

 covenants in the leafe, may prevent thefe abufes. 

 On the contrary, tenants who carefully nurfe up . 

 young timber fhould be encouraged by rewards, or 

 allowances; or by occafionally affigning them tim- 

 ber for their ufe. 



As the raifing of timber on farms requires more 

 attention than it generally receives, and the royal 

 forefts have, I fear, been too much negleded, it is 

 to noblemen and gentlemen who hold large tra<fts 

 of wood-land in demefne that pofterity mull be in- 

 debted for this moft valuable article. In the ma- 

 nagement of this fort of property there are, however, 

 two extremes which ought to be avoided. The firft 



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